Rewrite Radio

Festival of Faith & Writing

Rewrite Radio is the podcast of the Festival of F…

  • 29 minutes 59 seconds
    #67 Virginia Stem Owens 1994

    In Episode #67 of Rewrite Radio, Virginia Stem Owens muses on the difficulties, disappointments, and goodness of real communities. She encourages her audience to seek genuine “local habitations” over abstract “airy nothings.”

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


    11 April 2023, 2:42 pm
  • 34 minutes 46 seconds
    #66 Thomas Lynch

    In Rewrite Radio Episode #66, Thomas Lynch discusses faith, poetry, and their transformative powers. He asks us to see others as pilgrims on various roads of belief—all searching after a common table.

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


    31 January 2023, 8:53 pm
  • 53 minutes 7 seconds
    #65 Clare Vanderpool
    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.
    18 January 2023, 6:35 pm
  • 50 minutes 26 seconds
    #64 Jennifer Trafton
    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.
    29 July 2022, 6:10 pm
  • 41 minutes 47 seconds
    #63 Diane Glancy and Sefi Atta
    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.
    29 July 2022, 6:04 pm
  • 41 minutes 26 seconds
    #62 Jeff Zentner
    In episode #62 of Rewrite Radio, Jeff Zentner tells how he invited his characters to live inside his head for months in order to let them tell their own stories. He encourages listeners to write who fascinates them and that the story threads will follow.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.
    29 July 2022, 6:00 pm
  • 46 minutes 25 seconds
    #61 Brady Udall
    In Rewrite Radio episode #61, Brady Udall offers his thoughts on teaching how to write a novel as opposed to short story or poetry. He distinguishes the long-lived popularity of novels in today’s society and why that is.
    7 July 2022, 7:57 pm
  • 33 minutes 51 seconds
    #60 Anbara Salam
    In Rewrite Radio episode #60, Dr. Anbara Salam teaches us more about the human interest in cults, how they are represented, and how they reveal our deepest vulnerabilities and anxieties.
    7 July 2022, 7:46 pm
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    #59 Gloria Pinkney
    In episode #59 of Rewrite Radio, author and minister Gloria Pinkney retells stories of how God answered her prayers through a reoccurring bumper sticker, through a yellow tow truck outside the LaGuardia Airport, and through many other signs. Listen as she encourages others to take time for God and ask Him questions.
    7 July 2022, 7:39 pm
  • 53 minutes 53 seconds
    #58 Mitali Perkins
    In episode #58 of Rewrite Radio, Mitali Perkins offers five truths about fiction. Listen as she thinks of stories as windows and mirrors that teach us to make things right. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.
    16 June 2022, 7:33 pm
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    #57 Helena Maria Viramontes
    In episode #57 of Rewrite Radio, Helena María Viramontes shares her thoughts on prayer, compassion, and love to form a deeper connection with others. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.
    16 June 2022, 7:28 pm
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