

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara
Brendan O'Meara
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories. Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!
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Dec 24, 2021 • 1h
Episode 293: The 'Supremely Tiny Acts' of Sonya Huber
Sonya Huber (@sonyahuber) is the author of the memoir Supremely Tiny Acts: A Memoir of a Day (Mad Creek Books). Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social Media: @CNFPod Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

Dec 17, 2021 • 1h 10min
Episode 292: Chip Scanlan says, 'A Writer is Someone Who Writes. Period.'
Chip Scanlan (@chipscanlan) is the author of Writers on Writing. He's a teacher, writer, journalist, novelist, etc. A great dude, too. Patreon: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Sponsor: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

Dec 10, 2021 • 1h 10min
Episode 291: 'Simple is the Way to Go' with Mirin Fader
Mirin Fader (@mirinfader) is a senior staff writer for The Ringer and the author of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an MVP. She was twice featured as a notable selection in the Year's Best Sports Writing for her piece on Tyler Skaggs and Gigi Bryant. This episode is dedicated to Kim H. Cross. Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Support: Patreon.com/cnf Social Media: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

Dec 3, 2021 • 57min
Episode 290: 'Only in Oregon': How Drawing Political Cartoons is All About the Writing with Jesse Springer
Jesse Springer (@springertoons) is a graphic designer and Oregon-based political cartoonist. His latest book, "Only in Oregon," is a greatest hits collection of his cartoons over the span of 26 years. You can buy the book at springerdesign.biz/books. Patreon: patreon.com/cnfpod Social Media: @CNFPod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 1min
Episode 289: The Atavist's 'Feast for Lost Souls' with Annelise Jolley and Zahara Gomez
For this month's Atavist bonus episode, I speak with Annelise Jolley and Zahara Gomez about their collaboration titled "A Feast for Lost Souls." Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social media: @CNFPod

Nov 26, 2021 • 1h 7min
Summer
Issue 2 of the audio magazine "Summer" is now available on the public feed! Essays from Jake Gronsky, Matthew Denis, Carrie Hagen, and Krystina Wales, as well as three original poems by Jorah LaFleur.

Nov 19, 2021 • 59min
Episode 288: And the Category Is ... Ricky Tucker
Ricky Tucker is a writer, teacher, and voguer. He's the author of And the Category Is ... New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community (Beacon Press). Sponsor love: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Social Media: @CNFPod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Patreon.com/cnfpod

Nov 12, 2021 • 55min
Episode 287: Boomerang with Achy Obejas
Achy Obejas is an author and poet whose latest collection is Boomerang/Bumeran, poems in English and Spanish that aim to be gender-free (tough in Spanish) while addressing immigration, displacment, love, and activism. Social media: @CNFPod, @creativenonfictionpodcast Up to 11 Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Patreon: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor love: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

Nov 5, 2021 • 1h 3min
Episode 286: Jen Winston on Essay Collection as Memoir
Jen Winston is the author behind Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much (Atria). She's @jenerous on the socials, and you can keep the conversation going @creativenonfictionpodcast on IG and @CNFPod on Twitter. Sponsor love: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Patreon love: patreon.com/cnfpod Up-to-11 Newsletter and show notes: brendanomeara.com

Nov 1, 2021 • 1h 1min
Episode 285: Tony Perrottet and 'The Butcher of Havana'
Tony Perrottet is a journalist and historian whose latest piece is "The Butcher of Havana" for The Atavist Magazine. patreon.com/cnfpod @CNFPod Up to 11 Newsletter


