Sean Enfield [Host: Michael Wheaton]

On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Michael Wheaton interviews Sean Enfield.

Sean Enfield is the author of debut collection of essays, Holy American Burnout! (Split/Lip Press, 2023). He serves as an Assistant Non Fiction Editor at Terrain.org, and his own work has been published in Reed Magazine, Hayden’s Ferry, Witness Magazine, Tahoma Literary Review, and The Rumpus, among others.

Michael Wheaton is the publisher of Autofocus Books and producer of The Lives of Writers. His essay Home Movies is out now from Bunny Presse.

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PART ONE, topics include:

-- getting a PhD after a couple years off an MFA

-- getting thrown into teaching and gardening

-- getting into writing and music as a kid in Dallas

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PART TWO, topics include:

-- the process of writing and publishing Holy American Burnout!

-- dropping the façade and accidentally getting into non-fiction

-- writing about the classroom

-- information and news overload

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PART THREE, topics include:

-- starting with form

-- Baldwin

-- de-emphasizing the nation state

--writing while promoting

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Podcast theme music provided by Mike Nagel, author of Duplex and Culdesac. Here's more of his project: Yeah Yeah Cool Cool.

The Lives of Writers is edited and produced by Michael Wheaton.