PWN's Debut Review
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Courtneys with Courtney Zoffness and Courtney Maum
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of Season Five, Courtney Harler speaks with two Courtneys, Courtney Zoffness and Courtney Maum. Maum is, of course, a returning ...
Bathing Myself in Narrative with Amy Long and Emma Bolden
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Courtney speaks with two talented memoirists, Amy Long and Emma Bolden.Amy Long is the author of the debut memoir, Codependence, winner of the 2...
Home, and What That Means with Anna Qu and Mihaela Moscaliuc
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of National Poetry Month, we’ve invited back to the podcast one of our favorite poets, Mihaela Moscaliuc. Anna Qu, a prose writer, also joi...
Waiting to Continue to Evolve with Janice Obuchowski and William Pei Shih
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, for Episode Five of Season Five, I’m talking with Janice Obuchowski and William Pei Shih. Janice and William first met as scholars at the 201...
Forgot to Include a Plot with Krystal A. Sital and Peter Mountford
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Krystal A. Sital and Peter Mountford join me for Episode Four of Season Five.Krystal A. Sital is the author of the memoir Secrets We Kept: Three Women...
Never Just a Writer with Lisa Lee Herrick and Lee Herrick
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Episode Three of Season Five, Courtney talks to Lisa Lee Herrick and Lee Herrick. Yes, to be clear, they are married.Lisa Lee Herrick is an award-...
I Always Start with Story with Pablo Cartaya and Ray Brunt
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Episode Two of Season Five, Ray Brunt joins Courtney once more to talk with Pablo Cartaya.Pablo is the award-winning author of several books for c...
Echoes of Time with Rebecca Makkai & Meghan Lamb
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We launch Season Five with two wonderful writers, Rebecca Makkai and Meghan Lamb.Rebecca is the author of four novels and a collection of short storie...
Go Crunch Leaves with Nathalia Garcia
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For Giving Tuesday, we chat with Nathalia Garcia, a first-generation Brazilian-American and brilliant emerging poet. In recent years, Nathalia has bee...
Because of RBG with Rebecca Evans, Carla Schick & Harrison Solow
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have three guests today, an editor and two contributors of When There Are Nine, a poetry anthology in tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rebecca Evans...
Change the Voices with Mannikka Rosa
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Mannikka Rosa, is an educator, entrepreneur, and spoken-word artist. She uses hip hop pedagogy to more fully engage her students in i...
A Photographer’s Daughter with Mihaela Moscaliuc
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Mihaela Moscaliuc, a poet, translator, and educator. Her latest collection, out just last year from Pittsburgh Press, is called Cem...
These Are Humans Too with Adam Vitcavage
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we speak to Adam Vitcavage, founder of Debutiful, a literary webpage and podcast. Much like PWN’s Debut Review, Debutiful focuses on connectin...
Share Your Own Joy with Raakhee Mirchandani
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Chauhan, the executive director of Project Write Now, joins us as guest cohost today. Courtney and Jennifer interview Raakhee Mirchandani, a ...
Much Ado About a Chipmunk with Courtney Maum
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We continue Season Four with Courtney Maum, a writer and book coach. Maum’s debut memoir, The Year of the Horses, was released in May from Tin House...
Return to the Craft with Chen Chen
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we launch Season Four with Chen Chen, a poet, essayist, instructor, and editor. His first collection, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Fur...
Constantly Curating with Alan Heathcock
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NOTE: This updated episode includes bonus material—on-site interviews with attendees at Alan Heathcock's book launch event this summer in Boise...
Brutal Passages with Brett Riley
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Riley joins us for Episode Three of Season Three. Brett is a writer and professor based in Las Vegas, Nevada. His debut young adult novel, Freak...
You Take Back Your Power with Cori Thomas
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode Two of Season Three, we feature Cori Thomas, coauthor of the new memoir I Cried to Dream Again: Trafficking, Murder, and Deliverance, with ...
Reading This Book on Trains with Kerri Sullivan, Brittany Coppla & Donnie Martino
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re launching Season Three with contributors to the new book called New Jersey Fan Club: Artists & Writers Celebrate the Garden State. Kerri S...
A Gift in Time with Julia Whelan
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our last guest of Season Two, Julia Whelan, is a writer, narrator, and actor. Her debut novel, My Oxford Year, released in 2018 and is also available ...
Reaching [for] Perfection with Laura Zlatos
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back this week with Laura Zlatos for Episode 7 of Season 2. Laura is a playwright and librettist. She’s written many plays and has won many ...
Unlock Something with Brandon Dudley
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Brandon Dudley, a fiction writer, high school teacher, and former journalist. Brandon’s chapbook, Hazards of Nature, won the 20...
Written for the Struggler with Sterling Cunio and Caits Meissner
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For Episode 5, we’re doing a two-part series with PEN America. For Part 2, we speak to Sterling Cunio and Caits Meissner. Caits is the director of t...
The Key to Resilience with Sarah Shourd and Robert Pollock
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For Episode 5, we’re doing a two-part series with PEN America. For Part 1, we speak to Sarah Shourd and Robert Pollock. Robert is the manager of th...
Beat by Beat with Lizzie Finn
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Lizzie Finn, is a screenwriter, instructor, and the director of Project Write Now’s Screen Academy. Her screenplay, Relative Distan...
How Anybody Does Anything with Jeremy Holt
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For episode three, we interview Jeremy Holt, author of the comic book series Made in Korea. Jeremy is a Brooklyn-based, nonbinary author whose other r...
Whatever Weird Little Thing with Flower Conroy
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest, Flower Conroy, is an LGBTQ+ writer, NEA and MacDowell Fellow, and former Key West Poet Laureate. Her most recent full-length coll...
Feeding My Writing with Elizabeth Engelman
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the first episode of Season Two, we chat with Elizabeth Engelman, author of The Way of the Saints, which was awarded the 2019 Nilsen Prize and pub...
Joy in Conversation: Part 2 with Ray & Courtney
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of our BONUS episode, “Joy in Conversation,” we continue our interview with co-hosts Ray & Courtney, delving into what inspires them...
Joy in Conversation: Part 1 with Ray & Courtney
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 of our BONUS episode, “Joy in Conversation,” we flip the script and interview co-hosts Ray Brunt and Courtney Harler to get to know them...
Always Writing with Shanda McManus
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of our debut season, we talk to Shanda McManus, a family physician and writer. Shanda is a 2021 PEN America Emerging Voices Fell...
Collaboration in Creativity with Jennifer Chauhan
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 features Jennifer Chauhan, co-founder and executive director of Project Write Now. As you know, PWN sponsors this podcast, and Jennifer is a...
A New Voice in My Head with Cole Meyer
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Episode 6, we invite Cole Meyer, editor-in-chief of The Masters Review, to share his experiences as a writer and editor. Cole writes flash and sho...
To Be Unequivocal with Hannah Anderson Harris
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Hannah Anderson Harris. Hannah writes essay, memoir, and commentary. Her latest piece appears online in Hypertext. Hannah is a grad...
Rebuilding Bridges with Ken Womack
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we interview Ken Womack, a prolific writer and professor at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. A leading worldwide authority o...
The Palette of the Times with Philip Dean Walker
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Philip Dean Walker. Philip is the author of three collections of short stories: At Danceteria and Other Stories from 2016, Read by ...
Aiming for Delight with Pamela K. Johnson
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are thrilled to talk to Pamela K. Johnson: a writer, editor, and filmmaker. During the pandemic, Pamela published debut op-eds in both th...
Anti-Nostalgia with Brittany Ackerman
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, we talk to Brittany Ackerman, author of the debut novel The Brittanys, which launched in June 2021 from Vintage. Brittany’s de...
Trailer
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing PWN’s Debut Review, a new podcast from Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing studio. Join hosts Ray Brunt and Courtney Harler as they “...