First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Weekly interviews with fiction, non-fiction and poetry writers on craft AI summary

Mitzi Rapkin Visit website › Arts · EN · 601 episodes · latest 2026-11-09

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, non-fiction, essay, and poetry writers. First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. This weekly show hosted by Mitzi Rapkin is a celebration of creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in.

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First Draft - Michael Lewis

2026-11-09 · 1 hr 5 min

Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project, The Fifth Risk, Going Infinite and The Premonition among other titles. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his…
First Draft - Edwidge Danticat (Returns Again)

2026-11-02 · 1 hr 4 min

Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics…
First Draft - Moshe Sakal

2026-10-26 · 1 hr 9 min

Moshe Sakal was born in Tel Aviv into a Jewish-Arab family with roots in Damascus and Cairo. He is the author of six Hebrew novels, including The Diamond Setter and Yolanda. A revised edition of The Diamond Setter was…
First Draft - Yiyun Li (Returns)

2026-10-19 · 1 hr 12 min

Yiyun Li is the author of several works of fiction—Wednesday’s Child; The Book of Goose; Must I Go; Where Reasons End; Kinder Than Solitude; Gold Boy, Emerald Girl; The Vagrants; and A Thousand Years of Good Prayers—and…
First Draft - T. Geronimo Johnson

2026-10-12 · 1 hr 12 min

T. Geronimo Johnson is the bestselling author of Welcome to Braggsville, longlisted for the National Book Award and Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence; and Hold It ’Til It Hurts, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.…
First Draft - Robert Kolker

2026-10-05 · 1 hr 8 min

Robert Kolker is the author of Hidden Valley Road, an instant #1 New York Times best-seller and selection of Oprah's Book Club that was named a Top Ten Book of the Year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the…
First Draft - Margrét Ann Thors

2026-09-28 · 1 hr 2 min

Margrét Ann Thors is a writer based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Originally from Fairfield County, Connecticut, she holds a BA, MA, and MFA from Columbia University and teaches at the University of Iceland. In 2025, she…
First Draft - Sebastian Barry (Returns)

2026-09-21 · 1 hr 18 min

Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018–21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, he is the author of nine novels, five of which have been long- or shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most recently Old God’s Time. His…
First Draft - Elizabeth Alexander

2026-09-14 · 1 hr 16 min

Elizabeth Alexander is a prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author, renowned poet, educator, scholar, and cultural advocate. Her memoir, The Light of the World, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and…
First Draft - Roberta Recchia

2026-09-07 · 1 hr 15 min

Roberta Rossella Recchia was born in Rome and lived for a time in Lille, France, where she earned a master’s degree in international relations and cultures. She worked for ten years for a big company and then quit…

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Oldest episode in feed: 11/2015 · over 11 years
Typical length: 52 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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