The Writing University Podcast
The Writing University podcast features recordings of illuminative craft talks from the renowned writers, novelists, poets, and essayists who present at the Eleventh Hour Lecture Series during the University of Iowa's Iowa Summer Writing Festival.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 128
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2023
Episode 89: Same Content / Different Form - Jim Heynen
Same Content / Different Form: Jim Heynen
00:40:29 |
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Episode 87: The Art of Play: Jeffery Renard Allen
The Art of Play: Jeffery Renard Allen
00:59:45 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Episode 86: From Conception to Delivery: The Birth of One Novel w/ Amy Hassinger
From Conception to Delivery: The Birth of One Novel w/ Amy Hassinger
01:01:19 |
Wed 27 Jul 2016
Episode 85: Writing for Strangers: A Question of Audience w/ Lon Otto
Writing for Strangers: A Question of Audience w/ Lon Otto
00:38:01 |
Thu 21 Jul 2016
Episode 84: The Poet As Collector w/ Sabrina Orah Mark
The Poet As Collector w/ Sabrina Orah Mark
01:01:46 |
Mon 20 Jun 2016
Episode 82: Please, Just Don’t Call It Journaling: Writing for Self Versus Others w/ Sarah Saffian
Please, Just Don’t Call It Journaling: Writing for Self Versus Others w/ Sarah Saffian
00:35:04 |
Wed 08 Jun 2016
Episode 81: The Power and the Place of Place w/ Eric Goodman
The Power and the Place of Place w/ Eric Goodman
00:46:27 |
Thu 02 Jun 2016
Episode 79: Actually Writing: The Outer, Inner & Secret Practice w/ Diana Goetsch
Actually Writing: The Outer, Inner & Secret Practice w/ Diana Goetsch
01:04:13 |
Mon 23 May 2016
Episode 78: Writing in the Digital Age w/ Ned Stuckey-French
Writing in the Digital Age w/ Ned Stuckey-French
00:56:48 |
Thu 19 May 2016
Episode 77: Hybrid Writing w/ Elizabeth Robinson
Hybrid Writing w/ Elizabeth Robinson
00:31:19 |
Mon 09 May 2016
Episode 76: Mysteries of Love and Grief: The Long Way from Impulse to Family Story w/ Sandra Scofield
Mysteries of Love and Grief: The Long Way from Impulse to Family Story w/ Sandra Scofield
00:34:49 |
Wed 04 May 2016
Episode 75: Ghosts, Battlefields and Hallucinations: Creative Writing from Research w/ Lauren Haldeman
Ghosts, Battlefields and Hallucinations: Creative Writing from Research w/ Lauren Haldeman
00:40:06 |
Mon 02 May 2016
Episode 74: Clarity and Depth: Writing between the Lines w/ Venise Berry
Clarity and Depth: Writing between the Lines w/ Venise Berry
00:22:58 |
Tue 26 Apr 2016
Episode 73: Tim Bascom—As I See It: What Essayists Can Learn from Visual Artists
Until the early 20th Century, almost all literary artists, including essayists, felt compelled to picture recognizable figures and images that seemed “factual.” The famous surrealist artist René Mag…
01:00:00 |
Thu 30 Jul 2015
Bonus Episode: Beau O’Reilly — Finish the Thing
A single lecture compressed from a popular weekend workshop: you have your favorite story, poem, limerick, song, theater piece, and you keep getting close—so close—to completing it. Then the dog get…
01:00:00 |
Tue 21 Jul 2015
Episode 72: Hope Edelman and Naomi Jackson—Writing Family and Grief
In this Eleventh Hour, authors Hope Edelman and Naomi Jackson will engage in an informal conversation about the joys and challenges of writing about family relationships. With many years of experien…
01:00:00 |
Mon 20 Jul 2015
Episode 71: Amber Dermont—The Joke Is Always on Me: A Writer Walks into a Bar (Again) and Other Tales of Repetition, Juxtaposition, Self-Deprecation and the Understated Power of Stealing from Stand-Up Comedy and Deploying Humor to Reveal, Heighten and Distract or Is This Craft Talk Just One Long Practical Joke (Yes, But It’s on Me)
Has anyone ever told you, “I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing with you,” only to discover that you are not laughing at all? While some people don’t realize just how much of a joke they are to us,…
01:00:00 |
Thu 16 Jul 2015
Episode 70: Ned Stuckey-French—Moving Pictures, Moving Words: The Arrival of the Video Essay
New technologies, such as iPhones, free editing software, and YouTube, have made possible a new literary form: the video essay. In this Eleventh Hour, Ned Stuckey-French will screen some video essay…
01:00:00 |
Wed 15 Jul 2015
Episode 69: John Dalton—Ten Ways of Thinking about Character
All good fiction is built around a writer’s fascination with made-up people. And as practicing writers, we’re well aware that our characters should be more than “talking heads”; they should have dep…
01:00:00 |
Mon 13 Jul 2015
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