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A podcast about literary fiction techniques, and writing more broadly. It's fun and quirky, while also providing straight-up hardcore info on craft.

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    Saturday Show #74: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders

    Live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop, a grad-level fiction ...

    Live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop, a grad-level fiction writing meet-up held in Austin, TX. Approximate timestamps and topics are below. - 0:00 Excerpt from "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" written by George Saunders,

    Oct 12, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #73: Women by Charles Bukowski (Part 3)

    Saturday Show Podcast is a live recording of the Austin ...

    Saturday Show Podcast is a live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop, a graduate-level fiction writing workshop focused on literary fiction and led by a former professor of literature and philosophy. In this episode,

    Oct 5, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #72: Women by Charles Bukowski (Part 2)

    Saturday Show is a live recording of the Austin Writing ...

    Saturday Show is a live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop, a grad-level fiction-writing workshop led by a former professor of literature and philosophy. The group aims to improve their craft of writing literary stories,

    Sep 21, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #71: Women by Charles Bukowski (Part 1)

    Saturday Show Podcast is a live recording of the Austin ...

    Saturday Show Podcast is a live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop, which is a grad-level fiction writing workshop led by a former professor of literature and philosophy. In this episode, the group examines the issue of autobiography in fiction a...

    Sep 14, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #70: Mother and I by Dave Eggers

    The Austin Writing Workshop is a fiction-writing workshop led by ...

    The Austin Writing Workshop is a fiction-writing workshop led by a former literature and philosophy professor. Listen in as the group discusses literary techniques, philosophy, and more on Saturday Show #70. -

    Sep 7, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #69: That Bus is Another World by Stephen King

    Can Stephen King write anything well besides horror? What lessons ...

    Can Stephen King write anything well besides horror? What lessons can studying the literary techniques used in King's story, "That Bus is Another World" yield? The Austin Writing Workshop debates and discusses these issues and more,

    Aug 31, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #68: Big Week by Zadie Smith

    Fans of Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Jennifer ...

    Fans of Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Jennifer Egan, and J.D. Salinger would enjoy this podcast. This podcast is a live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop held on August 15, 2014. In it,

    Aug 17, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #67: Something by Literary Recluse Thomas Pynchon

    A Matter of Emphasis.... - The writer of literary fiction ...

    A Matter of Emphasis.... - The writer of literary fiction chooses which story elements to emphasize in her story very, very deliberately. Do you notice these story elements? Probably not the first time through the story. The first time through,

    Aug 9, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #66: Sex After Not Seeing Each Other for a Few Days by Tao Lin

    Fans of Tao Lin, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Haruki ...

    Fans of Tao Lin, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Haruki Murakami, Ayn Rand, Immanuel Kant, and Friedrich Nietzsche would enjoy this podcast. It is a live recording of the meetup of the Austin Writing Workshop held on August 1,

    Aug 2, 2014 Read more
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    Saturday Show #65: The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck and Manhattan by Woody Allen

    Fans of John Steinbeck, Woody Allen, David Foster Wallace, Dave ...

    Fans of John Steinbeck, Woody Allen, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Jonathan Franzen, J.D. Salinger, and Ayn Rand would enjoy this podcast. It is a live recording of the Austin Writing Workshop held on June 25, 2014 in balmy Austin, Texas.

    Jul 27, 2014 Read more
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