The Writer’s Hot Seat
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Alice McDermott
09 March 2018 on Blog, Fiction, The Writer's Hot SeatNational Book Award Winning author and UNH alumna Alice McDermott recently visited University of New Hampshire as part of UNH’S Department of English Writers Series. Enshrined in the glow of...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Mira Ptacin
02 February 2018 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatMira Ptacin reports on women in trouble—in trouble with the law, with the economy, with their bodies, with ghosts. Her memoir, Poor My Soul, has been called “a funny and...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Fred Marchant
15 December 2017 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatBarnstorm reader Katie Brunero recently talked with poet Fred Marchant about his new collection of poetry, Said Not Said, guidance for new poets, technique versus craft, and the best revision advice he's...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Lisa Olstein
10 November 2017 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatLisa Olstein is the author of four poetry collections: Late Empire; Radio Crackling, Radio Gone, winner of the Hayden Carruth Award; Lost Alphabet, a Library Journal best book of the year selection; and Little Stranger, named a top...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Devin Murphy
06 October 2017 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Fiction Editor Kaely Horton Devin Murphy's debut novel, The Boat Runner, is out now with Harper Perennial/Harper Collins. He is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Bradley University. His fiction has...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Benjamin Ludwig
14 October 2016 on Blog, Fiction, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Shannon Slocum and Alix McManus Benjamin Ludwig is a life-long teacher of English and writing in New Hampshire. He and his wife are foster/adoptive parents. His novella, Sourdough, won the...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Mira Ptacin
22 April 2016 on The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Holland Prior Not too far from our hallowed University of New Hampshire halls you will find Mira Ptacin, a creative nonfiction writer who lives off the coast...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Rebecca Makkai
01 April 2016 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Carter Foster Rebecca Makkai is the author of three books. Her first novel, The Borrower, follows a young librarian's journey across the country with a boy who has...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Sonya Huber
16 December 2015 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Tamzin Mitchell To read Sonya Huber’s work is to take a romp through a writer’s mind: researched but imaginative, energetic but informative. I worked in health insurance long...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Nicholson Baker
16 October 2015 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Carter Foster Nicholson Baker has written a good many books. Not a Stephen King or Joyce Carol Oates amount of books, but enough that it no longer seems relevant...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Gregory Lawless
09 October 2015 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Kristen Bulger I first met Gregory Lawless back in 2011 in the basement offices of the English Department at Suffolk University in Boston. One Friday afternoon, as everyone...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Matthew Siegel on Teaching, Reading, and Writing His First Book
18 March 2015 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatInterview by Cynthia Plascencia I had the pleasure of meeting Matthew Siegel in 2008 at the University of Houston when I was an undergraduate and he was an MFA poetry...
