We're back! Kind of. After eight months of things falling apart (depression, work, writing) & then the world getting better (moving, summering, writing), we'd love to share what we're up to now with you.

5: A Billionaire for Everyone, or Nah? Featuring M. Molly Backes

May 22nd, 2019 1h 25m

M. Molly Backes--author of The Princesses of Iowa and fellow MFAer from Iowa State University--joins our podcast. We discuss writing in academia, fellowships, and question how productivity is perceived as a way to determine our self-worth. Emai

4: The 10,000 Hours of Mastery

Mar 29th, 2019 54m 27s

In this episode, we contemplate the process of writing and discuss how purpose could impede our writing. Shout out to Ursula K. Le Guin for her constant giving.

3: What Are We Really Striving For?

Feb 27th, 2019 1h 6m

In this episode, we contemplate how others observe the novel and the short story forms and announce some exciting news.

2: I'ts Not All Bad

Feb 7th, 2019 54m 39s

In this episode, we reflect on our MFA legacy and how it inspires us. As fiction writers, we consider how other genres have shaped us, too. And, at last, we share good writing-related news!

1: Post-Graduate School Check-In: Do you feel it, too?

Jan 28th, 2019 1h 6m

In our first ever episode of "Writing & Other Ways of Dying," we confess the reason we started this podcast in the first place: writing is hard. Listen to us explore our experience at Iowa State University's MFA program, some future creative wr

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