Behind the Prose Podcast
1) Playing on All 88 Keys: Phillip Lopate, Part 2
What writing advice can one mine from a two-hour interview with prolific essayist, author, and professor Philip Lopate? If you read the July 2018 issue of The Writer, you learned about Lopate's ove...Show More
2) Episode 49: Playing on all 88 keys with Phillip Lopate
You might recognize the title of this podcast if you picked up the July 2018 issue of The Writer.  In it, you'll find my article on my former grad school writing teacher Phillip Lopate. I intervie...Show More
3) Episode 48: Engineering the short story with author (and engineer) Nick Arvin
In April 2017, I invited author and engineer Nick Arvin to the school where I work. Over two days, he gave several talks on writing, and I recorded one of them: “Nick Arvin and The Short Story.” In...Show More
Episode 48: Engineering the short story with author (and engineer) Nick Arvin
1:14:00 | Jan 5th, 2018
4) Episode 47: The Novel, the Novella, and Scott Alexander Hess
Welcome to this special episode of Behind the Prose. Special, because I bet you didn't think it was coming! More special, because it features former guest, literary historical fiction writer and fello...Show More
5) Episode 46: Memoirists Mandy Len Catron and Bob Brody
Today's episode is brought to you by: coincidence. It's how I met both of these great writers. Last year, I covered Bob Brody's essay panel at the American Society of Journalists and Authors for Th...Show More
6) Episode 45: A discussion with humor writer Adam Rotstein
Hey Prosers, I know. I know. Â Let's not talk about that lil' missing in action thing. The important thing is that I'm here now and so are you! This episode features a humor writer that IÂ discove...Show More
7) Episode 44: Geeta Kothari, author of "I Brake For Moose"
In this episode, I talk to Geeta Kothari, an English professor and author of the new short story collection I Brake For Moose, out now on Braddock Avenue Books.
8) Episode 43: Gilli Messer shares how she landed her first clip on McSweeney's
In this episode, we’re venturing into the land of humor. I discovered actress, singer, and writer Gilli Messer during my daily reading. I loved her piece on McSweeney’s: "Young Couple Shares Vows A...Show More
Episode 43: Gilli Messer shares how she landed her first clip on McSweeney's
36:00 | Mar 1st, 2017
9) Episode 42: From the page to the stage with writer Alyssa Sorresso
I met Alyssa Sorresso at the Creative Nonfiction Writer’s Conference in 2015 (not 2014 as I think I said in the podcast). Alyssa’s essay had just been published in Creative Nonfiction, and she approac...Show More
10) Episode 41: How to be an editor with Plume's Kate Napolitano
Plume Senior Editor Kate Napolitano recorded this in October 2016, right before my schedule went to hell in a Coach bag, but I'm happy to finally share it with you. A graduate of The College of New Je...Show More