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Chicago Writers Podcast

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64 episodes
Language
English
Publisher
Dan Finnen
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No
Date created
2020/04/18
Latest episode
2025/09/08
Average duration
40 min.
Release period
40 days

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Interviews with authors, storytellers, literary professionals, and more about the craft and business of writing.

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S2 Ep 09: When Harry Met Sally with Adrienne Gunn
2025/09/08
Adrienne Gunn drops by the podcast to discuss the script for the legendary film WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...  storystudiochicago.org https://chireviewofbooks.com/ 
S2 Ep 08: Roscoe Books Scavenger Hunt
2025/08/06
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/cLOQDDyrPIo?si=RAdOkyNxx4KE41J_ Michael Welch goes head-to-head with Greg Zimmerman at Roscoe Books to see who can find the top picks for some very silly categories. Shenanigans ensue.     
S2 Ep 07: Nocturnal Creatures with Jessica Keller
2025/06/03
Jessica Keller drops by the podcast to discuss the short story 'Nocturnal Creatures' by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.  storystudiochicago.org https://chireviewofbooks.com/ 
S2 Ep 06: Story of Your Life with Anna Sortino
2025/05/05
Author Anna Sortino stops by the podcast to discuss Ted Chiang's 'Story of Your Life.'  https://annasortino.com/ https://chireviewofbooks.com/ https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ 
S2 Ep 05: Here is My Heart with Megan Stielstra and Sara Cutaia
2025/03/31
Megan Stielstra and Sara Cutaia join the pod to discuss Megan's essay 'Here is My Heart' from THE WRONG WAY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.  https://bsky.app/profile/chicagowriterspod.bsky.social https://www.storystudiochicago.org/
S2 Ep 04: Busman's Honeymoon with Jen Coffeen
2025/03/03
Jen Coffeen drops by the podcast to discuss the prologue and chapter 1 of BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON by Dorothy Sayers and all the complex romance hidden in this classic detective series.  https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ https://chireviewofbooks.com/  
S2 Ep 03: 2025 Preview with the Chicago Review of Books
2025/02/03
Rachel's Recommendations Favorite 2024: What's Not Mine by Nora Decter Non-2024 book: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2024 book no one read: Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn Most anticipated 2025 by a Chicago author: Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing Most anticipated by an author with a long gap since last book: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Small press titles: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show by Freda Epum Leave: A Postpartum Account by Shayne Terry No Offense: A Memoir in Essays by Jackie Domenus Friends might think you're nuts but sorry not sorry: The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case   Greg's Recommendations Favorite 2024: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, by Hanif Abdurraqib Non-2024 Book: Bunny, by Mona Awad 2024 Book No One Read: Familiaris, by David Wroblewski Most Anticipated Chicago: All the Water in the World, by Eiren Caffall Most Anticipated after long gap: Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Most Anticipated Small Press: A Forty-Year Kiss, by Nickolas Butler Friends Might Think I'm Nuts: Great Big Beautiful Life, by Emily Henry ... Mark Twain, by Ron Chernow   Mike's Recommendations Street Fight by Anne Morrissy The Overstory by Richard Powers Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing People of Means by Nancy Johnson Vanishing Daughters by Cynthia Pelayo True Failure by Alex Higley All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall The El by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr The Antidote by Karen Russell Stag Dance by Torrey Peters Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah Schulman Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam Morgan Waterline by Aram Mrjoian
S2 Ep 02: A Visit From the Goon Squad with Sara Cutaia
2025/01/06
Sara Cutaia joins us to discuss a story from A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan.  https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ https://chireviewofbooks.com/  https://arcturus.chireviewofbooks.com/ 
S2 Ep 01: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with James Klise
2024/12/02
YA author James Klise joins the first episode of season two to discuss the first chapter of THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE.  https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ https://chireviewofbooks.com/ 
Ep 55: Best of 2024 (So Far!)
2024/08/05
It's a mid-year check in with the Chicago Review of Books!  Rachel: Shayla Lawson's How To Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir Lindsay Hunter's Hot Springs Drive Nora Decter's What's Not Mine Ananda Lima's Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! Gianni Washington's Flowers From the Void   Greg: Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar Hello, Beautiful, by Ann Napolitano Perris, California, by Rachel Stark Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, by Ananda Lima There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, by Hanif Abdurraqib The Rich People Have Gone Away, by Regina Porter The City and Its Uncertain Walls, by Haruki Murakami The Forty-Year Kiss, by Nickolas Butler   Mike: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue Termush by Sven Holm Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Blood and Lightning: Becoming a Tattooer by Dustin Kiskaddon Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s by Anne Morrissy Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird The Material by Camille Bordas Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer  
Ep 54: Claire Lombardo, Author, on Visualizing Stories, Pacing, and Your Second Book
2024/07/01
In this episode, author Claire Lombardo discusses throughlines, visualizing a story, outlining after drafting, pacing, working on multiple projects, and how the second book is the hardest you'll write.   https://www.clairelombardo.com/   https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ 
Ep 53: Ian Endsley, Video Game Developer, on Writing for Games, Structure, and Storytelling Through Player Choice
2024/06/02
In this episode, Ian Endsley talks writing for video games, player choice, dialogue, constraints, examples of great writing in games, and the feeling of space.   Turnfollow's Games  https://www.turnfollow.site/   Stories Matter Foundation https://www.storystudiochicago.org/
Ep 52: Ananda Lima, Author, on Framing Short Stories, Projects That Fit, and Having Fun
2024/04/29
In this episode Ananda Lima joins us to discuss poetry, framing short stories, what is horror, great editors, the texture of magical elements, finding a project that fits, and having fun.   https://www.anandalima.com/   https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ 
Ep 51: Cyn Vargas, Author, on the Novella, Residencies, and Finding What's Not Said
2024/03/25
In this episode, author Cyn Vargas discusses emotion, the novella, discovering the length of a story, trusting the process, family dynamics in fiction, young perspective, providing for the reader, residencies, finishing your story, and finding what is not being said between characters.   https://www.cynvargas.com/   https://www.storystudiochicago.org/
Ep 50: Rowan Beaird, Author, on Copyedits, Character Count, and Community
2024/02/26
In this episode, Rowan Beaird discusses having two agents at once, the debut novel, revision, reducing character count, copyedits, timelines, a scene's purpose, elements of great short stories, and the importance of community.   https://www.rowanbeaird.com/   https://www.storystudiochicago.org/ 

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