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Memoirist Tad Friend
FromWriters on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book Lovers
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jul 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Memoirist Tad Friend, author of In the Early Times, and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett discuss getting to the truth in memoir, what to do when you're asked to record your own audio book (and don't want to), revision, backstory vs. front story, and so much more.Tad Friend has been a New Yorker staff writer since 1998. An excerpt of this book was published in an April issue, which is when we became aware of the memoir and knew we had to have Tad on the show. Download audio. (Recorded via Zoom on July 7, 2022) Music and sound design by Travis Barrett. More typewriter music on Spotify: Just My TypeConsider becoming a Patreon supporter. Now that we're no longer at the station, it's a bit more complicated producing shows so every donation helps more than you know. Here's the link. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett: www.penonfire.com Marrie Stone: www.marriestone.com Travis Barrett: https://travisbarrett.mykajabi.com
Released:
Jul 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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