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First Taste: Cloud Delfina Cordona Reads From The Past is a Jean Jacket

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Cloud Delfina Cordona, author of The Past is a Jean Jacket, reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection.
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That's Not How It Happened by Craig Thomas - Writing From the Heart

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Craig Thomas, author of That's Not How It Happened, joined the podcast to discuss How I Met Your Mother, his learning more about himself through writing fiction, and how his son's experience with Jacobsen Syndrome inspired him to write his debut novel.
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Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer - Writing for the Screen and Why This Story Needed To Be A Novel

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Eric Heisserer, author of Simultaneous, joined the podcast to discuss writing screenplays, adapting fiction, and why this story needed to be told as a novel.
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First Taste: Max Delsohn Reads From Crawl

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On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it.
Max Delsohn, author of Crawl, reads a story from his debut short story collection.
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This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz - Fiction, Nonfiction, and "Slutty Reading"

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Jaquira Díaz, author of This Is the Only Kingdom, joined the podcast to discuss why she writes both fiction and nonfiction, what she gets out of teaching writing, and why Puerto Rico is the answer for her.
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Sister Creatures by Laura Venita Green - Writing When the Timing is Right

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Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures, joined the podcast to discuss starting to write fiction in her 30s, her exploration of horror/gothic/genre, and how cycling across the country changed the course of her life.
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First Taste: Teresa Dzieglewicz reads from Something Small of How to See a River

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On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it.
Teresa Dzieglewicz, author of Something Small of How to See a River, reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection.
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Thank You, John by Michelle Gurule - What's a Sugar Baby?

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Michelle Gurule, author of Thank You, John, joined the podcast to discuss being a sugar baby, when she first felt like a writer, and why her memoir is really about family.
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First Taste: Isabella DeSendi Reads From Someone Else's Hunger

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Isabella DeSendi, author of Someone Else's Hunger, reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection.
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First Taste: Brian Gyamfi Reads From What God in the Kingdom of Bastards

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On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it.
Brian Gyamfi, author of What God in the Kingdom of Bastards, reads a selection of poems from his debut poetry collection.
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