Episode 237: A Fiction/Non/Fiction Festival with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell

V.V. Ganeshananthan
Whitney Terrell
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By Brendan O’Meara (@CNFPod)

V.V. Ganeshananthan is the author of Love Marriage, an essayist, and a journalist. She also teaches at the MFA program at the University of Minnesota. She’s on Instagram and Twitter.

Whitney Terrell is the author of The Good Lieutenant. He also is a journalist who covered the Iraq War. He teaches at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He’s on Instagram and Twitter.

They co-host the Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast as part of the Lithub network of podcasts. It’s on Instagram and Twitter.

What do we talk about? Well, we dig into the origins of their podcast and the ethos behind it.

And, no, having me on their show doesn’t discredit what they’re doing.

We talk about how they approach writing fiction, their approach to teaching and turning the light on for their students. All in all, a wonderful episode from two brilliant writers and educators and journalists.

Brendan was punching a bit too high in weight class so he tapped himself out in the edit. It was very much like this:

But, trust me, for the better.

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