Romanticism gave the writing world its share of luminaries. Poe, Dickinson, Wadsworth. But despite its good reads, the movement also left us some poor assumptions about the nature of writing itself. You know, ideas about those uncontrollable moods of inspiration that end in a great novel. The reality of writing is a lot more, well, unromantic. And simpler.

16. Read a Lot, Work Hard | Talking about reading and writing with Karen Swallow Prior

A show about writers, writings, and a little bit of everything else. I’m Aaron Cline Hanbury, and in each episode, I speak with a writer of some variety about his or her work. Or maybe someone else’s work. The point is to chase what’s interesting and good, to find out how writers write, what they learn in the process, and what we can learn, too.

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16. Read a Lot, Work Hard | Talking about reading and writing with Karen Swallow Prior

16. Read a Lot, Work Hard | Talking about reading and writing with Karen Swallow Prior