I talk to writer Dave Housley (This Darkness Got to Give, Howard and Charles at the Factory) about how he's managed to write and publish several books while holding down a 9-to-5 job in web development, running a magazine (Barrelhouse) and not

Wendy Fox

Dec 19th, 2019 1h 3m

I talk to novelist Wendy Fox (If The Ice Had Held) about finding time to write two books while working full-time for the tech industry, Denver vs. Seattle, and her mixed feelings about book contest fees.

Ep 301: Stories and Time

Nov 4th, 2019 1h 1m

This week, we're on the hunt for stories that do interesting things with time. More specifically, we talk about how "time" can be a useful angle into talking about story structure in a creative writing class. Our story picks are Stuart Dybek's

Elisa Gabbert

Oct 24th, 2019 1h 2m

Poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert (The Word Pretty, The Unreliability of Memory) talks about balancing her writing career with a full-time job in SEO content management, how she chooses which projects to work on, her decision not to have children

Susan Muaddi Darraj

Jul 31st, 2019 1h 9m

I talk to writer Susan Muaddi Darraj (A Curious Land: Stories From Home) about the stigma she sometimes feels as a community college professor, and why she believes so strongly in community college education. We also talk about going to Catholi

Megan Volpert

Jul 17th, 2019 1h 1m

I talk to poet and writer Megan Volpert (Boss Broad, Straight Into Darkness) about her job teaching high school English and journalism, her tendency to overwork herself, and how she never imagined herself having a stable adult life.

Ryan Eckes

Mar 27th, 2019 1h 5m

I talk to poet, teacher, labor organizer, and 2016 Pew Fellow Ryan Eckes about the ethics of working for a university, the difficulties of labor organizing, and how his socialist politics influence the way he thinks about both his writing and h

Tyrese Coleman

Feb 13th, 2019 1h 8m

I talk to Tyrese Coleman, author of How to Sit (Mason Jar Press), which was recently named a finalist for the PEN Open Book Award. She's also a lawyer for the USDA, and a mother of twins, so we had lots of things to talk about in terms of work-

Annie Wilson

Jan 30th, 2019 1h 7m

Annie Wilson is a dancer, performer, choreographer, and bartender. She was a 2017 Pew Fellow, and her dances have been staged at the Philly Fringe Fest, JACK in Brooklyn, and Bryn Mawr College. She teaches me about the world of experimental dan

Christopher Gonzalez

Jan 16th, 2019 52m 34s

Christopher Gonzalez is a fiction writer and literary journal editor who also works full-time in digital production for a big New York City publisher. We talk about why he chose production work over editorial, what his family thinks about his c

Bud Smith

Jan 2nd, 2019 58m 22s

This conversation with Bud Smith brought me so much joy. Bud is a writer who's published several books and also works full-time in heavy construction. We talked about writing on your phone during breaks, getting your coworkers to read good book

Gina Myers

Dec 12th, 2018 55m 52s

For the inaugural episode of Day Jobs, I talk with poet Gina Myers (Hold It Down, A Model Year) about balancing her creative work with a 9-to-5 job in university communications. We also talk about her former jobs, including temporary factory wo

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