"Somebody else's success doesn't limit your own," says AC Shilton, a freelance journalist and farmer.

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A CNFin' snack. Creating without Judgement with Chase Jarvis, author of Creative Calling.

"Essays took on this energy for me in part because they're unofficial and in part because they brought me in contact with the world that felt really generative," says Leslie Jamison.

Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison is the occasion. It is published by Little, Brown.

Leslie is the bestselling author of The Empathy Exams and The Recovering. We dig into a lot of great stuff about her process and how she came to nonfiction from a background in fiction.

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Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction, Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction and River Teeth for the support.

I hope you enjoy what we made for you.

Chase Jarvis is here to talk about his incredible book Creative Calling. 

Chase is a world-class photographer, CEO and founder of Creative Live, and a riser of tides. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation.

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"My writing life is being surrounded by 15 half-empty coffee cups which I keep dipping my paint brush into accidentally," says Rachel Dougherty.

Rachel Dougherty is a Philadelphia-based illustrator, children's author, and lifelong knowledge-hunter.  She works in acrylic paint, ink, and pencil smudges, using humor and color to inspire curious young minds. Rachel is passionate about US history, scruffy little dogs, and board games.

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"You tend to agree more with the people who don't like what you do more than the people who do like what you do," says Steven Hyden, rock critic for Uproxx and the host and producer of Break Stuff.

We talk about him always wanting to be a rock critic, how he still has passion for music, and his incredible podcast on Woodstock '99 titled Break Stuff.

Support for this podcast comes from Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction, Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction and River Teeth, a journal of nonfiction. 

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Kate Hopper, author of the essay "Stumbling into Joy," stopped by the show to talk about this essay and how she approaches the work.

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Steven Kurutz, features writer for The New York Times and author of Like a Rolling Stone, stopped by CNFPod HQ to talk about libraries, getting to New York, and his incredible True Story essay "Fruitland."

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"I like to joke that this is my investment in literary citizenship," says Donna Talarico (@donnatalarico).

Hey, CNFers, Donna Talarico makes her return to the show after two years to promote this year's Hippocamp, a creative nonfiction conference. 

This is a shorter-than-normal interview, but it's got the goods nevertheless.

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"A great story for me is one that engages me emotionally. It's like a love affair," says Fred Waitzkin, author of several books, including his latest Deep Water Blues. 

Fred Waitzkin comes by the show to talk about his love of writing, how he developed his knack for story, how his parents influenced him, and how breaking into other disciplines cracked the code of his latest book.

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