The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara
Brendan O'Meara
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories. Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and Threads and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!
Episodes
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Feb 17, 2017 • 56min
Episode 37—Author Angela Palm is a Cartographer? Well, sort of
Angela Palm, author of "Riverine" (Graywolf Press) and the essay "Hierarchy of Needs" talks about the perils of the submission game, the power of leveling up, and to be on the lookout for organizing principles.
Feb 10, 2017 • 34min
Episode 36—The Joyful Kim Kankiewicz Writes with Her Ears
Kim Kankiewicz won Creative Nonfiction's essay prize for Issue No. 32, an issue themed "Joy". Lots of cool insights from a brilliant voice in personal essay.
Feb 3, 2017 • 1h 2min
Episode 35—Sybil Baker on Discovery and the Art of Being Different
Sybil Baker talks about her book Immigration Essays, published by C&R Press.
Jan 27, 2017 • 1h 3min
Episode 34—Tom McAllister Talks Podcasting, Plowing Through First Drafts, and the Writer's Need for Urgency
I say in the intro this is Episode 35. It's 34. With Tom McAllister, author of the memoir "Bury Me in My Jersey" and the novel "The Young Widower's Handbook."
Jan 20, 2017 • 40min
Episode 33—Melissa Chadburn Shares All Her Secrets!
Author Melissa Chadburn talks writing and her incredible piece of work "The Readiness Assessment."
Jan 13, 2017 • 1h 3min
Episode 32—Kevin Wilson on the Comfort of the Uncomfortable, the Power of No Backup Plan, and the Five Minutes That Changed His Life Forever
Kevin Wilson, president of Kevin Wilson Baseball, LLC and a former professional baseball player, tells us what #Goodbatting is all about.
Dec 2, 2016 • 58min
Episode 31—Jen Miller on Freelancing, Tenacity, Running, and Swinging Her "Where's My Money Bat" (It's a Thing)
Jen Miller is a freelance writer and wouldn't have it any other way. She talks about that and her most recent book "Running: A Love Story."
Nov 25, 2016 • 24min
Episode 30—I read my Pushcart Prize-Nominated Essay "That Pickoff Play"
Chautauqua Americana published my essay, "That Pickoff Play", earlier this year. The editors nominated it for a Pushcart Prize. I read that essay for this milestone episode of #CNF.
Nov 18, 2016 • 53min
Episode 29—Pete Croatto, 10 Years a Freelancer (and counting)
Pete Croatto celebrates 10 years of freelancing by sharing what he's learned over that time.
Oct 26, 2016 • 56min
Episode 28—Sarah Shotland Takes Us to Prison
Sarah Shotland, essayist and novelist, won Proximity Magazine's personal essay contest for her "On Visiting Prison Again" essay. We talk about that and much, much more.
