Episode 25 of Rewrite Radio features a collection of excerpts from our first season of the podcast, curated and edited together by our creative director Jon Brown. He’s teased out a conversation between Festival speakers through the years about the power of stories to help us understand and navigate dark times. Jon also joins Festival director Lisa Ann Cockrel on the microphone for a look behind the scenes of production. 

Speakers in order of appearance in this episode:
Frederick Buechner (1992)
Katherine Paterson (2004)
Brian Doyle (2012)
Patricia and Alana Raybon (2016)
Ashley Bryan (2016)
George Saunders (2016)
Ashley Bryan (2016)
Barbara Brown Taylor (2004)
Zadie Smith (2016)
Tobias Wolff (2016)
Frederick Buechner (1992)
Kelly Brown Douglas (2016)

#25: Season 1 Review: How Stories Help Us Navigate Life's Difficulties

Rewrite Radio is the podcast of the Festival of Faith & Writing (#FFWgr), a biennial celebration of literature and belief in Grand Rapids, MI.

Festival is the flagship initiative of the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing (CCFW), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit fostering scholarship & community around the literary arts.

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#67 Virginia Stem Owens 1994 by Festival of Faith & Writing

#67 Virginia Stem Owens 1994

#66 Thomas Lynch by Festival of Faith & Writing

#66 Thomas Lynch

In episode #65 of Rewrite Radio, Newbery Medal winner Clare Vanderpool shares how stories transform us and how to maintain our most honest selves. She also sings a few yodel-ay-hee’s from her book Moon Over Manifest.

Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

#65 Clare Vanderpool

In episode #64 of Rewrite Radio, Jennifer Trafton teaches her listeners and students that play is at the heart of creativity. She draws on her experiences as a child and in the classroom to invite writers to play so that the idea brings something new to the world. 

Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

#64 Jennifer Trafton

In episode #63 of Rewrite Radio, Sefi Atta and Diane Glancy offer their own thoughts on writing across the borders of religion, culture, language and more. 

Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

#25: Season 1 Review: How Stories Help Us Navigate Life's Difficulties

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