First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Claire Messud and Amitava Kumar on Literary Friendship
·1 hr 1 min·5 clips
Claire Messud and Amitava Kumar discuss the anxiety of meeting literary heroes and when those hopes get dashed.
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A live literary conversation on how friendship can shape a writer's thinking.
Claire Massoud and Amitava Kumar join Mitzi Rapkin at the Writers Workshop in Denver for a live conversation about literary friendship and the work of writing.
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Press play when you want friendship to enter the writing room: a live Denver conversation where dinner talk, Louise Glick, and My Beloved Life open into how writers think with other people.
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