Creator	Role	# of Episodes
Mitzi Rapkin Mitzi Jill Rapkin is a journalist and fiction writer. She is the host and produc... more	Host	459
Joan Silber Joan Silber is an author, and a teacher of fiction at the Warren Wilson College ... more	Guest	1
Marisa Silver Marisa Silver is an author, screenwriter, and film director. She also teaches at... more	Guest	1
Maile Meloy Maile Meloy is an author of short stories and novels.Meloy’s stories have appe... more	Guest	1
Clint Smith Clint Smith is a writer, poet, and scholar.	Guest	1
Dan Chaon Dan Chaon is an author of short stories and novels.Before becoming a full-time... more	Guest	1
Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is an author of short stories and novels.Makkai's short stories... more	Guest	2
Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert is an author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, noveli... more	Guest	1
Madhuri Vijay Madhuri Vijay is an author and teacher.Vijay's writing has appeared in The Bes... more	Guest	1
Miriam Toews Miriam Toews is a writer and author.	Guest	1
R.O. Kwon R. Okyong Kwon is an author, best known for her first novel, "The Incendiaries,"... more	Guest	1
Ben Okri Ben Okri is a poet and novelist, and one of the foremost African authors in the ... more	Guest	1
Julian K. Jarboe Julian K. Jarboe is a writer, sound designer, and associate editor. They also co... more	Guest	1
Saeed Jones Saeed Jones is a poet and achieves the National Book Critics Circle Award for po... more	Guest	1
Karen Bender Karen E. Bender is an author of short stories and novels, and an editor. She is ... more	Guest	1
Jon McGregor Jon McGregor is an author of short stories and novels.McGregor's first novel, ... more	Guest	1
Souvankham Thammavongsa Souvankham Thammavongsa is a poet and short story writer.In 2019, Thammavongsa... more	Guest	1
Edward Hirsch Edward M. Hirsch is a poet and critic, best known for his bestselling book about... more	Guest	1
Matthew Weiner Matthew Hoffman Weiner is an American writer, producer, director, actor, and aut... more	Guest	1
Téa Obreht Téa Obreht is a Serbian-American novelist. Her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife, wo... more	Guest	1