It’s been a long time coming, but, at long last, here is the inaugural Creative Nonfiction Podcast Audio Magazine!
The essays take you to edges of isolation and what that means to these five brilliant contributors.
I’m very proud of this, and I’m thrilled to keep improving the product and developing it.
As you know, this is the show where I usually speak to badass writers about the art and craft of telling true stories. So it’s my esteemed pleasure to bring you true stories on the feed.
Now, this inaugural issue will forever be free for all, but subsequent issues will only be available for members in the Patreon community. The first tier grants you exclusive access to the 2021 audio mag, which I hope will publish around June/July. The new theme and submission guidelines are at the end of this audio mag. Very exciting!
You’ll want to keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod and let me know what you think of this exciting enterprise.
Here’s a little juice on the five courageous writers who took the leap, submitted their work, and appear before you in this audio magazine on isolation.
Damon Brown, www.damonbrown.net, helps side hustlers, solopreneurs, and other non-traditional creatives bloom. As a best-selling author, two-time startup founder, and four-time TED Speaker, Damon co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant son. He now guides others through his one-on-one business coaching, Inc. Magazine column <www.incdamonbrown.com>, and side hustle bootcamp.
Most recently, Damon was the first Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Toledo Library. His 25th book is Build From Now: How to Know Your Power, See Your Abundance & Nourish the World, the follow-up to his critical-acclaimed title Bring Your Worth and from which this excerpt is based, comes out Jan. 28, 2021. Join his creative community at JoinDamon.me.
Magin LaSov Gregg lives, writes, and teaches in Frederick, Maryland. Her essays have appeared in The Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, Bellingham Review, The Rumpus, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, Under the Gum Tree, Full Grown People, Solstice Literary Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, and other venues. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she’s writing a memoir about love, loss, and going forth.
Kristina Gaddy is author of Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Baltimore Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, OZY, Atlas Obscura, among others. She has received awards and fellowships from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Logan Nonfiction Program, and the Library of Congress.
April Nance is a native of western North Carolina where she lives with her husband and two sons. She serves as Fresco Host at Haywood Street Congregation, an urban ministry in downtown Asheville. In this role, she welcomes guests into a space where art and faith intersect, and where the sacred worth of all people is celebrated. As a writer, she is drawn to reflecting on the stuff of everyday life, and how personal stories provide insight into our collective past and future.
Gina Cardarelli is working on a book-length version of this story. She enjoys cycling, playing softball, swimming, and making woven paper collages. Her art is on Instagram @geewhizkyd.
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