Literary Prospects

Author Roohi Choudhry talks with Kelley Vick about her debut novel Outside Women; her long road to publication, braded narratives, uncovering joy amidst migrant women’s struggle, special tricks for getting “unstuck” and writing emotional scenes; and much more.

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Author Karen Thompson Walker talks with Kelley Vick about her new novel The Strange Case of Jane O, her obsession with time, the POV decision that made the new book fall into place, transitioning from book editor to author, teaching in a writing program, and much more.

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Author Marcy Dermansky talks with Kelley Vick about her new novel, Hot Air, the silly writing prompt that started the book; how she knows when to continue working on a project, and when to let it go; writing multiple points of view; swimming pools; and much more.

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Author Josh Duboff talks with Kelley Vick about his debut novel, Early Thirties, his journey from senior writer at Vanity Fair to novelist, getting his dream cover interview with Taylor Swift, balancing humor and darkness in writing, finding creative flow, his best advice for aspiring authors, and much more. 

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Author Angela Brown talks with Kelley Vick about her sophomore novel, Some Other Time, what draws her to including speculative elements in her work, how years spent teaching rhetoric to high school students influences her writing, imposter syndrome, and much more.

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Author Jane Tara talks with Kelley Vick about her new novel, Tilda is Visible, the devastating diagnosis that inspired the book, how her regular meditation practice informs her writing, finding the courage to put more of herself into her fiction, publishing her first novel in the United States (after many others in Australia), and much more.

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Author Holly Brickley talks with Kelley Vick about her celebrated debut novel, Deep Cuts; why a desire to explore her envy of musicians led to writing the book; how, post-MFA, she found her way to writing the stories she feels she’s meant to write; the unusual (and super fun!) job that originally took her away from writing, and then led her back; and much more. 

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Five New York Times Bestselling authors: Emiko Jean, Fiona Davis, Julia Bartz, Marissa Stapley, and Lisa Barr, share their specific paths to publishing their first novels.

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Lexi Rosen, Co-Founder and Poetry Editor-in-Chief of Silly Goose Press, talks with Kelley Vick about starting and running a literary magazine, the importance of finding literary community, what it's like to work with close friends, being the only romance writer in an MFA program, and much more.

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Memoirist Wendy Dale talks with Kelley Vick about her new craft book, The Memoir Engineering System, the difference between a formula and a system, why most “tried and true” writing tips out there are wrong, the two principal components of a memoir, how memory can actually get in the way of a great story, how “show don’t tell” can destroy a book, and much more.

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