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Kenan Orhan, author of the collection “I Am My Country”
FromWriters on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book Lovers
Kenan Orhan, author of the collection “I Am My Country”
FromWriters on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book Lovers
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Apr 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Kenan Orhan’s fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, The Paris Review, The Common, Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere and has been anthologized in The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories. His story collection, I Am My Country and Other Stories, is published by Random House. Kenan teaches literature and creative writing at the Kansas City Art Institute and lives in Kansas.
He joins Marrie Stone to talk about the collection, his relationship with Turkey, how his approach to the short story form has changed over times, how his stories exemplify and depart from the Joy Williams’ rules of short stories, and much more. Kenan also talks about finding his agent and his path to publication. A reminder that April is the one-year anniversary of our Patreon page, and 2023 is the 25th anniversary of the show. We're winding down the month, but still offering some additional perks and incentives through the end of April. To learn more, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website.
(Recorded on April 11, 2023)
Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Co-Host: Marrie Stone
Music and sound design: Travis Barrett
He joins Marrie Stone to talk about the collection, his relationship with Turkey, how his approach to the short story form has changed over times, how his stories exemplify and depart from the Joy Williams’ rules of short stories, and much more. Kenan also talks about finding his agent and his path to publication. A reminder that April is the one-year anniversary of our Patreon page, and 2023 is the 25th anniversary of the show. We're winding down the month, but still offering some additional perks and incentives through the end of April. To learn more, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website.
(Recorded on April 11, 2023)
Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Co-Host: Marrie Stone
Music and sound design: Travis Barrett
Released:
Apr 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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