Debutiful

Learn more about DEBUT U - classes about the publishing industry taught by today's hottest writers.   Eshani Surya , author of  Ravishing , joined the podcast to discuss invisible disabilities, finding community, and the power of editing and revising. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780802164681   Links! Eshani Surya on the Internet: https://www.eshani-surya.c...

Learn more about DEBUT U - classes about the publishing industry taught by today's hottest writers. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Cloud Delfina Cordona , author of The Past is a Jean Jacket , reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9...

Learn more about DEBUT U - classes about the publishing industry taught by today's hottest writers.   Craig Thomas , author of  That's Not How It Happened , joined the podcast to discuss How I Met Your Mother, his learning more about himself through writing fiction, and how his son's experience with Jacobsen Syndrome inspired him to write his debut novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here:...

Learn more about DEBUT U - classes about the publishing industry taught by today's hottest writers.   Eric Heisserer, author of  Simultaneous , joined the podcast to discuss writing screenplays, adapting fiction, and why this story needed to be told as a novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781250384294   Links! Debutiful on the Internet:  https://www.debuti...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Max Delsohn , author of Crawl , reads a story from his debut short story collection. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781644453612   Links! Max Delsohn on the In...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Jaquira Díaz , author of  This Is the Only Kingdom , joined the podcast to discuss why she writes both fiction and nonfiction, what she gets out of teaching writing, and why Puerto Rico is the answer for her. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781616209148   Links! Ja...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Laura Venita Green , author of  Sister Creatures , joined the podcast to discuss starting to write fiction in her 30s, her exploration of horror/gothic/genre, and how cycling across the country changed the course of her life. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/97819618...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Teresa Dzieglewicz , author of Something Small of How to See a River , reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/3...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Michelle Gurule , author of  Thank You, John , joined the podcast to discuss being a sugar baby, when she first felt like a writer, and why her memoir is really about family. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781961884687   Links! Michelle Gurule on the Internet: htt...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Isabella DeSendi , author of Someone Else's Hunger , reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781961897588  ...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Brian Gyamfi , author of What God in the Kingdom of Bastards , reads a selection of poems from his debut poetry collection. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/97808...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Jason Diamond , author of  Kaplan's Plot , joined the podcast to discuss writing as a career, how his debut novel was inspired by his family, and why Stephen King will be taught like Shakespeare. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781250385918   Links! Jason Diamond o...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Lacey N. Dunham , author of  The Belles , joined the podcast to discuss gothic fiction, navigating the literary community, and letting aspects of her novel's plot and structure fall into place naturally. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781250358677   Links! Lacey N...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Melissa Pace , author of  The Once and Future Me , joined the podcast to discuss her unconventional path to fiction, writing for the screen, and figuring out all of the genre elements to her debut novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781250358677   Links! Melissa...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Antonio Michael Downing , author of Black Cherokee , reads an excerpt from his novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781668066102   Links! Antonio Michael Down...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Ed Park , author of An Oral History of Atlantis , reads an excerpt from his debut short story collection. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780812998993   Links!...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Addie E. Citchens , author of  Dominion , joined the podcast to discuss Mississippi, finding her path to writing that works for her, and making sure her ending was the ending her book deserved. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780374609337   Links! Addie E. Citchens...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Yiming Ma , author of  These Memories Do Not Belong To Us , joined the podcast to discuss transitioning from the business and tech world to writing fiction, learning about how his memories work, and his love for the NBA! You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780063413481...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Tennessee Hill , author of Girls With Long Shadows , reads an excerpt from her debut novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780063412019   Links! Tennessee Hill...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Megan Cummins , author of  Atomic Hearts , joined the podcast to discuss debuting a novel after a successful story collection, writing a teen voice for adult readers, and her position at Public Books . You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780593875353   Links! Megan Cum...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Emily Hunt Kivel , author of  Dwelling , joined the podcast to discuss finding a good first reader, vulnerability, and the hero's journey. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780374616069   Links! Emily Hunt Kivel on the Internet: https://www.emilyhuntkivel.com/ Emily...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo , author of The Tiny Things Are Heavier , reads an excerpt from her debut novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781639734108   Links!...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Mariah Rigg , author of  Extinction Capital of the World , joined the podcast to discuss Hawai'i, literary friendship, and writing after a concussion. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780063419971   Links! Mariah Rigg on the Internet: https://www.mariahrigg.com/ Mar...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.   Kate McKean , author of  Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life and creator of the newsletter Agents & Books , joined the podcast to her life as an agent, what's changes in the business in the past two decades, and why breaking into the publishing industry is so ha...

Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Katie Yee , author of Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar , reads an excerpt from her debut novel. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781668084212   Link...