Sonia Hamer is here to talk about her essay “Pig: An Essay,” an installment of Creative Nonfiction’s True Story.
This is a nice tight 30, which I’m starting to like more and more.
She talks about how writing essays is a lot like putting ingredients into a Crock-Pot, or making a soup. Reminds me of Adam Valen Levinson when he came by.
I hope you enjoy this final episode of 2019.
By Brendan O’Meara
Jake Gronsky joins me this fine CNFriday to talk about his transition from playing professional baseball in the Minor Leagues to becoming a writer.
It’s good stuff.
He’s the co-author of A Short Season: Faith, Family, and a Boy’s Love of Baseball.
Jake made the notable selections for Best American Sports Writing 2019 with his two-part feature titled Nine Days in Cape Cod.
We dig into lots of good stuff and the craft of writing, about getting out of the way of the story and always having that apprentice mindset.
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By Brendan O’Meara
Amy Fish is here to talk about her book I Wanted Fried With That (New World Library).
We talk about her approach to writing the book, revisiting old essays, dealing with the flood of rejections and the art of the crafty complaint.
We brought up her 100 rejections in a year manifesto, something she said at HippoCamp 2019, something she took from Lisa Romeo.
Amy talks about drawing inspiration from David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, and the mystery genre.
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By Brendan O’Meara
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Lindsay McCrae is here to talk about his year with the penguins in My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors (William Morrow, 2019).
We talk a lot about his eleven months in Antarctica and the grind that was. We learn about how he got into this line of work, of being a freelancer, and helping the penguins when they were in peril.
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Lindsay always wanted to write a book and he wrote a fine one here.
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