Writers Who Don't Write

Hosted by Jeff Umbro and Kyle Craner, this project began as a way for the two of them to get over their own fears of writing, and slowly morphed into an inspiring multi-year project to tell the stories others find difficult. Each episode brings a well-...

  • 48 minutes 16 seconds
    Introducing Storybound (and a WWDW update)

    After a long hiatus, Writers Who Don't Write is back, and we have some exciting announcements. This Spring, we'll be returning with a new season, a new show format, and a lot of exciting guests, and we've partnered with Lit Hub Radio to do it!

    In the meantime, we've created a second show with Lit Hub Radio that you can listen to today. Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s top literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction. In this episode, Mitch Albom reads an excerpt from his new book Finding Chika. Musical compositions by Maiah Wynne & Aliephant. 

    Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/shows/storybound

    This is episode is brought to you by Powell's Books, the world's largest family owned independent bookstore, with over 2 million new and used volumes across five Portland area stores and their website Powells.com. Visit Powells.com and use coupon code "STORYBOUND" for 20% off your purchase of $25 or more.

    Storybound is hosted by Jude Brewer and brought to you by The Podglomerate and Lit Hub Radio. Let us know what you think of the show on Instagram and Twitter @storyboundpod.

     

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    18 December 2019, 8:00 am
  • 57 minutes 13 seconds
    V.E. Schwab

    Victoria “V.E.” Schwab is the #1 NYT, USA, and Indie bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and This Savage Song. Her work has received critical acclaim, been featured by EW and The New York Times, been translated into more than a dozen languages, and been optioned for TV and Film. She talks to WWDW about how she became such a prolific writer, dealing with anxiety while a critically acclaimed writer, and one story she always struggled to tell. 

     

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    17 October 2018, 7:00 am
  • 38 minutes 35 seconds
    Kwame Alexander

    Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 28 books, including SWING, SOLO, and REBOUND, the follow-up to his, NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. Some of his other works include BOOKED, a NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Nominee, THE PLAYBOOK: 52 RULES TO HELP YOU AIM, SHOOT, AND SCORE IN THIS GAME OF LIFE, and the picture books, OUT OF WONDER, SURF'S UP, and THE UNDEFEATED. He talks to WWDW about how he became a writer, and one story he always struggled to tell. 

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    3 October 2018, 7:00 am
  • 51 minutes 54 seconds
    Camille Perri

    Camille Perri is the author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy, and former books editor at Cosmo and Esquire. We sat down to talk with her about how her role as a books editor informed her writing, how she got her start, and what happened when her latest book took off. 

     

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    19 September 2018, 1:33 pm
  • 58 minutes 16 seconds
    Matthew Pearl

    This week we sat down with author Matthew Pearl to discuss his path from studying law to writing and researching six(!) novels including The Dante Chamber, The Last Bookaneer, The Technologists, The Last Dickens, The Poe Shadow, and The Dante Club. 

     

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    5 September 2018, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Jeff Pearlman

    We chat with journalist and author Jeff Pearlman about writing profiles, writing about sports and the people who play them, and what it takes to do great research. Jeff has written several books including but not necessarily limited to Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL, Brett Favre: Gunslinger, Showtime, Sweetness, and The Bad Guys Won! 

     

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    25 July 2018, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Jennifer Wright

    Jennifer Wright is the Author of Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, and It Ended Badly: Thirteen of The Worst Break-Ups In History, is a political editor at Harper's Bazaar, and has written for publications like Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and Glamour. We sat down to talk with her about the terrifying reality of plagues, the moral fortitude of the house that Hufflepuff built, and writing about politics at a time like this. 

     

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    11 July 2018, 12:08 pm
  • 48 minutes 16 seconds
    Jim Butcher

    Jim Butcher is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He came on the show this week to discuss his career, his most recent book Brief Cases, which is a collection of all of his Harry Dresden short stories, and the one story he always struggled to tell. Find out more about Jim online at www.jim-butcher.com. 

     

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    27 June 2018, 2:58 pm
  • 26 minutes 26 seconds
    2018 Summer Reading List

    In this episode, in lieu of an author interview, Jeff and Kyle talk about the books they're currently reading, as well as the books that are on their respective reading lists for this summer. Kyle's fantasy heavy list includes The Kingkiller Chronicles from Patrick Rothfuss, The Codex Alera and the Dresden Files from Jim Butcher, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, among others. Jeff's list includes Little Fires Everywhere from Celeste Ng, some newspapers from the 1940s for a show he's working on for Podglomerate, and Solo by Kwame Alexander, among others. 

     

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    13 June 2018, 1:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 18 seconds
    John Green via Off Track

    This week on the show we're trying something a little bit different. Another podcast Jeff produces via The Podglomerate was able to get an interview with legendary author John Green, so we decided to play it for you. This was a two parter, so if you enjoyed it you can search for Off Track with Hinch and Rossi on your podcast app of choice and listen to part 2. We'll see you in a couple weeks. 

     

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    30 May 2018, 12:00 pm
  • 52 minutes 58 seconds
    Melissa Albert

    This week on the show we speak with NYT bestselling author Melissa Albert, who's new novel The Hazel Wood is out now. We discuss what it's like to write your first novel, to write without knowing quite where you're going (at least at first) and about how much more relevant and poignant all those famous quotes about writing are once you start doing it yourself. 

     

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    16 May 2018, 12:00 pm
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