Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, one of my favorite poets of all time, talks about his latest volume, Pagan Virtues. (There are a few audio challenges, but keep listening. It’s worth it.) Download audio. (Broadcast date: Dec. 4, 2019)

Christopher Ketcham, author of the new nonfiction book, This Land: How Cowboys, Corruption, and Corruption are ruining the American West, is with me for the entire hour talking about the book that Outside magazines says, “…brings the fighting spirit and conservation … Continue reading →

Walter Mosley, author of the new book on writing, Elements of Fiction, and 40 other books, mostly novels, talks with me about plotting (or not), rewriting, writing for TV, MFA programs, and much more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: Nov. 6, … Continue reading →

Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay, her fourth novel (first stand-alone), was my guest for the entire hour, talking about writing crime fiction, specifically noir, finding your voice through reviewing on Yelp, and much more. Download audio. (Broadcast … Continue reading →

I knew Kate a few ways: through my show where she was a guest three times. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, where she sat on my panel. And a writing project for which she generously wrote an essay … Continue reading →

Poet Grant Hier, professor at Laguna College of Art and Design, and author of Similitude, The Difference Between, and co-author with John Brantingham of California Continuum, joins me for what turned out to be a masters’ class in writing poetry. … Continue reading →