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The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast

Rachel Coonce and Courtney Sexton

Rachel Coonce and Courtney Sexton bring you creative writing inspiration, literature and craft discussions, and commiseration on the writing life with interviews, inspiration takeovers, and chats with poets and authors of fiction and nonfiction.

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00:32:25

Food Writing with Susan Lutz and Laura Hayes

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/11/06

Food is what we all have in common, and often it’s what brings us together around the holidays. First released in November 2019, former Washington City Paper food editor Laura Hayes and food journalist Susan Lutz, tell us how writing about food can be a vehicle for staging a scene, accessing difficult topics, or exploring the world around us, and how food writing as a genre has taken on new meaning. Plus, we hear food-related writing from local authors Sherrie Flick and Eric Kozlik.

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00:08:29

Inspiration Takeover: The Writer’s Journey with...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/10/30

Is ten years long or short in the life of a writer? Fiction writer and journalist Joanne Leedom-Ackerman shows us how her perspective on this has shifted. She offers us a prompt via Rainer Maria Rilke to get us thinking about our own writing lives and to get us to build narrative with what she describes as concentric circles in this Inspiration Takeover, a series of mini-episodes with different writers who offer us a little dose of inspiration. Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story

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00:15:40

Just Checking In with Lena Crown

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/10/23

Courtney catches up with writer, former TIL Author's Corner program coordinator, and current Olive B. O'Connor Fellow at Colgate University, Lena Crown. They talk about writing in a fellowship capacity (and in a small town), how poetry and nonfiction inform each other, and bringing the world into the classroom all on this month's episode of Just Checking In, a series of informal chats with some of our favorite writers.

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00:35:57

The Healing Power of Writing with Bernardine Watson

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/10/16

According to the NIH, writing lowers blood pressure and boosts immunity, but what are the other healing effects of writing? Poet and nonfiction writer Bernardine Watson joins Rachel and Courtney to discuss how the writing process changed her experience of living with an incurable disease, and reads from her book, Transplant: A Memoir from Day Eight Press and The Inner Loop Author’s Corner October spotlight. Plus, from renting a hotel room to balancing on their heads, writers have always found

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00:12:16

Inspiration Takeover: Listen to the Stillness with...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/10/09

Writing comes in waves, and sometimes even the most disciplined of approaches needs a little refresh. Author Rachel Louise Snyder takes us through her writing process: what it used to look like, what it looks like now, and how she gets inspiration from unexpected places. Rachel Louise Snyder is the author of "Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade," the novels "What We’ve Lost is Nothing," "No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic

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00:27:32

Ghosts and Goblins with Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/10/02

With Halloween coming up, we discuss ghosts and goblins in writing, how they present themselves in fiction, and how they can be used to process our mortality. First released in October 2018, Journalist Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson tells us about The Woman Who Invented Forensic Training with Dollhouses and reads from her New Yorker article. No tricks this episode, but we have a special treat with Dan Knowlton and Kate Heller!

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00:11:40

Just Checking In with Anna Qu

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/09/25

Rachel catches up with writer, Anna Qu, and they talk about getting back to writing after the whirlwind of book publication, the brain teaser of switching from nonfiction to fiction, and tomatoes versus zucchini, all on this month’s episode of Just Checking In, a series of informal chats with some of our favorite writers.

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00:39:29

Crossing Genres with Alyson Gold Weinberg

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/09/18

Crossing genres can be fun, invigorating, and a new source of inspiration, so why does it sometimes feel like eating our vegetables? Poet, playwright, and ghost writer Alyson Gold Weinberg explains how all her outlets inform one another and reads from her latest collection of poetry, Bellow & Hiss from Finishing Line Press and The Inner Loop Author’s Corner September spotlight. Plus, Rachel, Courtney, and Alyson demonstrate just how fun it can be to switch genres!

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00:09:10

Inspiration Takeover: The Heart of the Matter with...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/09/11

Often stories come to us in fragments: as a vivid image or a perfect sentence, but how do we turn those fragments into stories? Fiction writer, Jung Yun, shows how to create linear stories from nonlinear fragments and what happens when patience runs thin in this Inspiration Takeover, a series of mini-episodes with different writers who offer us a little dose of inspiration. Jung Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at Vassar College, the University of

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00:30:00

Back to School with Emily Mitchell

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/09/04

It’s back to school season and it’s time to get back to work, writers! First released in October 2019, Emily Mitchell joins Rachel and Courtney to discuss how teaching can inspire our creative writing, and we get to hear Emily read from her short story collection, Viral: Stories. Plus, Rachel and Courtney demonstrate the power of writing prompts for upcoming Inktober!

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00:13:08

Just Checking In with Kyoko Mori

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/08/28

Courtney catches up with writer and professor, Kyoko Mori, and they talk about their mutual love of animals, Jo Ann Beard’s Festival Days, and how writing is more like birds than cats, all on this month’s episode of Just Checking In, a series of informal chats with some of our favorite writers.

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00:39:32

Why Writers Publish with Austin Ross

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/08/21

As writers, why do we publish at all? Is it for the accolades or for something more pure? If you write to publish, can it still be called art? Author and senior editor at HarperCollins Austin Ross joins us to discuss the balancing act between art and commerce, he tells us his agent horror story, and why he finally decided to publish with an independent press. Plus, we hear from his novel Gloria Patri from Malarkey Books and The Inner Loop Author’s Corner August spotlight. Then, Austin teaches us the

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00:15:25

Inspiration Takeover: No Exercises with Michael Collier

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/08/14

Do you hate writing exercises? Do you feel they are contrived and a waste of time? So did Robert Frost and Poet Michael Collier, who believed a writer’s whole nature must be in everything he writes. But Michael shows us how writing exercises can build community via a Three Goat Story in this Inspiration Takeover, a series of mini-episodes with different writers who offer us a little dose of inspiration. Michael Robert Collier is an American poet, teacher, creative writing program administrator and

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00:36:44

Funding Your Writing Career with Abdul Ali

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/08/07

How do you write and make a living? Do you maintain a parallel career or find ways to make money through your writing? Poet, writer, and cultural worker, Abdul Ali, gives us insider tips on how to make money through writing, whether it be applying for grants, consulting, starting a business, or teaching, and how your work can feed your creative practice. Plus, Abdul, Rachel, and Courtney write a love poem… to money?

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00:12:28

Just Checking In with Jose Padua

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/07/31

Courtney catches up with poet, Jose Padua, and they talk about gaining perspective through travel, connecting the absurd to the everyday, and Barry Manilow, all on this month’s episode of Just Checking In, a series of informal chats with some of our favorite writers.

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00:35:41

Self-Promotion with Dominic “Nerd” McDonald

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/07/24

Love it or hate it, self-promotion is a necessary part of being a writer in today’s digital age. Young black entrepreneur and spoken word artist, Dominic McDonald, aka Nerd the Poet, offers up his tips on a successful writing brand, and we get to hear a few poems from his collection, I’d Rather Be Called a Nerd from Day Eight Press, and The Inner Loop Author’s Corner July spotlight. Plus, Rachel, Courtney, and Dominic do some big-business branding exercises.

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00:10:11

Inspiration Takeover: Memory with Timothy Denevi

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/07/17

What can memory tell us about the space between fiction and nonfiction? First released in September 2020, author Timothy Denevi shows us how to turn memory into story and to shift our focus from current events to writing in this Inspiration Takeover, a series of mini-episodes with different writers who offer us a little dose of inspiration. Timothy Denevi is the author of Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism (PublicAffairs, 2018) and Hyper: A Personal

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00:41:17

How To Be Prolific with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/07/10

What if you could have quality and quantity in your writing? Or maybe just feel like you can produce freely? Mecca Jamilah Sullivan gives her secret to prolificacy with advice on writing routines, submissions and rejections, and self-care. We get to hear from her novel, Big Girl, now out in paperback, and each of us prepares an application to the generous Society for Cloud Inquiry and Enthusiasm.

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00:12:15

Just Checking In with Rion Amilcar Scott

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/06/26

Rachel catches up with short story writer, Rion Amilcar Scott, and they talk about visiting historical plantations, squeezing writing between kids and work, and the intrigue of the Titan submersible, all on this month’s episode of Just Checking In, a series of informal chats with some of our favorite writers.

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00:41:30

Researching Your Life with John Kropf

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/06/19

There’s nothing you know better than your own life, right? So why research a memoir? Rachel and Courtney discuss how research can enrich personal stories with John Kropf, author of Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company from University of Akron Press and The Inner Loop Author’s Corner June spotlight. Plus, a color-coded free-association game!

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