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A Perversity of Spirit With Rufi Thorpe First Draft with Sarah Enni
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First Draft Episode #250: Rufi Thorpe Rufi Thorpe, author of The Girls from Corona del Mar and Dear Fang: With Love, talks about her new novel, The Knockout Queen.
This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here).
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
“Perversity of Spirit,” Rufi’s essay about what it takes to be a writer in Poets&Writers
California State Summer School for the Arts
Philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was an inspiration for Rufi
The author, poet, and screenwriter Raymond Obstfeld taught a community college class that really broke fiction open for Rufi
Molly Friedrich, literary agent at XXX, who represents Rufi
Clueless (movie)
The O.C.
Zan Romanoff discussing her most recent novel Look on First Draft
“If You've Ever Felt Insecure About Your Looks, Author Rufi Thorpe Has Some Important Advice” by Rufi in PopSugar
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie)
I want to hear from you!
Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998.
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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.
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First Draft Episode #250: Rufi Thorpe Rufi Thorpe, author of The Girls from Corona del Mar and Dear Fang: With Love, talks about her new novel, The Knockout Queen.
This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here).
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
“Perversity of Spirit,” Rufi’s essay about what it takes to be a writer in Poets&Writers
California State Summer School for the Arts
Philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was an inspiration for Rufi
The author, poet, and screenwriter Raymond Obstfeld taught a community college class that really broke fiction open for Rufi
Molly Friedrich, literary agent at XXX, who represents Rufi
Clueless (movie)
The O.C.
Zan Romanoff discussing her most recent novel Look on First Draft
“If You've Ever Felt Insecure About Your Looks, Author Rufi Thorpe Has Some Important Advice” by Rufi in PopSugar
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie)
I want to hear from you!
Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998.
Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni
Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.
Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free!
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How do you like the show?
Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you!
Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post!
Thanks again!
1 hr 22 min