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Doggerel Diaries: Ben & Matthew's Literature Program Ben and Matthew
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Ben and Matthew are American writers from Sharkey, KY and Albuquerque, NM, respectively, who live in Germany and talk about fiction, the writing and publishing process, and art and culture in general. Sometimes they get overly excited (in a positive sense), sometimes they are on the attack. Though, hopefully, they are more often than not insightful.
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Surprise 3: Top 3 Short Stories
After a long time off, Matthew surprises Ben with the topic of top-three short stories. Each then list their favorite three short stories, and are taken adrift to other places, like pocket universes.
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Shannon Sanders Interview
Ben and Matthew speak with writer Shannon Sanders. Shannon is the author of Company, a short story collection that came out in October of last year. Apart from her new book, the conversation hits on the writing process, character connections and literary worlds in collections and the dynamics of being a host and being a guest. Plus, at the end Matthew and Ben pick their favorite stories in the collection.
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Winter Reading and Resolutions
After hibernating all January and most of February, Ben and Matthew return with winter reading recommendations and writing resolutions for the new year.
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Top Five Little Lit Mags
In this episode, Ben and Matthew each list five small literary magazines that they're reading right now.
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The Alchemy of Collections
What makes a good collection of short stories? If it's a connection, what is that connection and how does it bind the individual pieces? Should they even be connected at all though? Ben and Matthew take apart the great short story collection in this Halloween episode, ending, or maybe arriving, at an experimental jumping-off point. This one may need a second round ...
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Martha Anne Toll Interview
Last fall, Martha Anne Toll published the novel Three Muses, which won the Petrichor Prize and was a finalist in the Gotham Book Prize; you can also read her reviews on NPR, The Washington Post and many other outlets. This fall, we the opportunity to speak to her about her novels, her short stories, how she wrote them, how some writers lean toward novels, others toward short stories, and a lot more.