Ep. 32: Clare Beams & Emily L. Smith

Hemmed in by what she 'should' be writing, Clare Beams turned a corner by freeing herself to write what would become the title story in her phenomenal collection WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. James was fortunate enough to edit one of Clare's stories for ONE STORY, and they discuss that experience as well as putting her collection together, how she ignored advice to maintain a consistent level of weird, and exploring the limitlessness of short fiction. Plus Emily Smith, publisher at Lookout Books, describes the unique program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. 

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Clare Beams: http://www.clarebeams.com/

Clare and James discuss: 

Columbia University 

"The School" by Donald Barthelme 

Kelly Link 

Aimee Bender 

Alice Munro 

Hannah Tinti 

Annie Hartnett 

HAYDEN'S FERRY REVIEW

ECOTONE 

LOOKOUT BOOKS

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

THE NEW YORKER

ONE STORY

Beth Staples 

Emily Smith 

Erin Kottke 

BINOCULAR VISION by Edith Pearlman 

PEN: Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction 

Young Lions Fiction Award 

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Lookout Books: http://www.lookout.org/index.html

Emily and James discuss:

The Sewanee Writers' Conference 

Michelle Brower 

ECOTONE 

National Endowment for the Arts

Association of Writing Programs 

David Gessner 

Jeff Sharlet 

The Publishing Laboratory 

Stanley Colbert 

THE BOTTLE CHAPEL AT AIRLIE GARDENS: A TRIBUTE TO MINNIE EVANS 

BACKYARD CAROLINA by Andy Wood 

THE HATTARASMAN by Ben Dixon MacNeill

BINOCULAR VISION by Edith Pearlman

GOD BLESS AMERICA by Steve Almond

Beth Staples 

Anna Lena Phillips Bell 

Melissa Crowe

BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL  

HONEY FROM THE LION by Matthew Neill Null 

South Arts 

"Granna" by Clare Beams 

"We Show What We Have Learned" by Clare Beams 

Ben George 

WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS OLD: POEMS by John Rybicki 

RIVER BEND CHRONICLE by Ben Miller 

MADRAS PRESS 

Sumanth Prabhaker 

Corinne Manning 

THE JAMES FRANCO REVIEW

PLOUGHSHARES 

REDIVIDER 

ONE STORY 

INSURRECTIONS by Rion Amilcar Scott 

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