writing class radio
Writing Class Radio is for people who love true, personal stories and want to learn how to write their own stories. There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other than by writing and telling our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
133: Nobody Dreams of Getting Divorced
Today on our show we share a story by Sally Schwartz called Divorce Shiva. Sally’s story reveals the importance of ritual in helping us go through love and loss. On the day of her divorce, instead of…
00:22:20 |
Wed 13 Jul 2022
132: Here’s My Abortion Story. Men, Tell Us Yours.
On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Today we bring you a personal essay that includes an abortion story, in hopes that it will prompt men to tell their abortion stories. The story w…
00:28:33 |
Wed 29 Jun 2022
131: How to Write About Something You Can’t Remember
Today on our show we share a story by Andrea Askowitz. Andrea’s story was written as speculative memoir during our writing retreat in Guatemala. And if you are like most people, you have never heard …
00:33:26 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
130: I’m Not Scared of Death, But I Can’t Stop Asking This One Question
Today on our show we share a story by Kelly Eden who lives in New Zealand. Kelly brought this essay to 2nd Draft, a class we offer on Zoom. (To sign up click here.) Kelly took the feedback she receiv…
00:37:50 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
129: Maybe We’re All Just Homing Pigeons. Are You Home Yet?
Today on our show we share a story by Heidi Walker called Coming Home. The essay is under 800 words and finely detailed to emphasize only what the narrator would like us to focus on. We love this ess…
00:22:32 |
Wed 18 May 2022
128: My New Manifesto: A Man Serving a Life Sentence for Murder Changes His Ways.
Today on our show we bring you another story by Corey Devon Arthur, an inmate at Otisville Correctional Facility in New York. This story is about the demon he battles in his head, which is literally …
00:29:59 |
Wed 04 May 2022
127: Parenting Alone: How Will My Autistic Son Manage Without Me?
This episode is about landing an ending. It’s also about raising the bar on what we write about. In this case, storyteller Jennifer Landau writes something new and important about being a mom. She is…
00:26:19 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
126: Will We Ever Understand Each Other if We Don’t Speak the Same Language?
Today on our show we’re talking about language. Listener Jamshid Samareh came to the United States from Tehran in 1978. He shares his story, which is about how learning the English language has helpe…
00:23:48 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
125: Tossing the Shells but Not the Memories.
Welcome to Season 13. On today’s episode, you’ll hear a story which is less than 600 words and perfectly told. So much so, that we have chosen to use this story to show how to structure an essay. We’…
00:20:23 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
124: The Hate Hate Creates
This is the final episode in a 10-part series inspired by the men Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. This series shared stories written by Allison’s former memoir students as we…
00:55:52 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
123: The Words He Left Behind
This is the ninth episode in a 10-part series inspired by the people Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. You will hear new stories her former students wrote after taking her clas…
00:23:23 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
122: What Does 44 Years in Prison Look Like?
This is the eighth episode in a 10-part series inspired by the people Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. You will hear new stories her former students wrote after taking her cla…
00:27:46 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
121: When a Big Mistake Becomes Catastrophic
This is the seventh episode in a 10-part series inspired by the people Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. You will hear new stories her former students wrote after taking her cl…
00:28:13 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
120: My Pen Uncovers the Real Me
This is the sixth episode in a 10-part series inspired by the memoir students Allison Langer taught in a men’s prison. You will hear new stories her former students wrote after taking her class and s…
00:22:22 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
119: When Is it Safe to Ignore the Law?
This is the fifth episode in a 10-part series inspired by the people Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. You will hear new stories by her former students wrote and stories from o…
00:49:46 |
Wed 29 Dec 2021
118: Standing at the Prison Gate, I Was Icarus Plummeting to Earth.
This is the fourth episode in a 10-part series inspired by the people Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. You will hear new stories her former students wrote after taking her cla…
01:08:07 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
116: How Do You Fulfill a Promise When You’re Stuck in Prison?
How do you fulfill a promise when you're stuck in prison?
00:34:07 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
115: What I Learned from Men in Prison
Welcome to Season 12. Today, we’re starting a 10-part series inspired by the people Allison Langer taught memoir writing, in a men’s prison. We put a call out for stories, so you will hear stories he…
00:32:12 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
114: Sometimes It's Better Said in a Song
Amber Petty tells her story about how she's her best self when singing karaoke.
00:22:03 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
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