Community of Writers Podcasts
Stay abreast of our summer workshops in Fiction, Nonfiction and Memoir by following to hear panels, and craft talks from esteemed agents and editors. Later in the year we will be adding selected craft talks from previous summers.
Year-round, we also host Bibliocracy Radio , a weekly half-hour books discussion and interview program hosted by Santa Monica Review editor Andrew Tonkovich featuring writers of literary fiction and nonfiction, poetry, memoir and cultural criticism.
Episodes
127 episodes
Bibliocracy Radio: Irena Smith on Troika
My guest this week is Irena Smith, the author of a defining, or perhaps further defining memoir from a writer, memoirist and raconteur whose storytelling accommodates or contextualizes nearly any circumstance, and bring insight, hu...
Writers Workshops 2026 - Closing Talk by Peter Orner: "This is Not an Ending"
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “Close Encounters of the Third-Person POV Kind” with Michelle Latiolais, Greg Spatz, Diana Wagman, Josh Weil Moderated by Tom Barbash
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Craft Talk by Chris Feliciano Arnold: “Blending the Truth: Case Studies in the Fusion of Genres and Forms”
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “The Single Moment: Crafting Powerful Short-Form Nonfiction” with Samuel Freedman, Julia Flynn Siler, Hector Tobar. Moderated by Blaise Zerega
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Evening Event: Readings from Janet Fitch, Dylan Landis, Diana Wagman, Amy Tan. Introduced by Andrew Tonkovich
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “Landscapes of Memory and Mis-Memory” with Samuel Freedman, Kelly McMasters, Keenan Norris, Greg Spatz with Panelist/Moderator Sands Hall
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “The Short Story” with Lisa Alvarez, Tom Barbash, Dagoberto Gilb, Peter Orner. Moderated by Andrew Tonkovich
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Craft Talk by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton: “The Motor of the Story: What Drives ‘Quiet’ Narratives”
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Lunch Round Table: "Latinex in Publishing" with Lisa Alvarez, Francisco Goldman, Dagoberto Gilb, Hector Tobar, Oscar Villalon
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Evening Reading: Francisco Goldman, Peter Orner, Shobha Rao, Bee Sacks
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Published Alum Reading: Jean Carstensen, Vishwas Gaitonde, Annelise Hatjakes, Pamela Rorke Levy (In Memoriam), Daniel Pope, A.M. Sosa introduced by Julia Flynn Siler
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Agents Panel with Michael Carlisle, Lucy Carson, Anna Ghosh, Michael Mungiello, BJ Robbins
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Book Editors Panel: Lashanda Anakwah (Tiny Reparations Books), Todd Portnowitz (Knopf). Moderated by literary agent Michael Mungiello
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Writers Workshops 2026 - In Conversation: Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jason Roberts with his Agent Michael Carlisle
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Evening Reading and Conversation: “Research as Revelation: How Unexpected Archival Finds and Creative Research Techniques Uncover the Human Texture that Transforms a Story — Fact or Fiction — into Compelling Narrative” with Jeanne
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “Ethical Urgency: Writing Politics with Nuance” with Francisco Goldman, Jean Guerrero, Michelle Latiolais, Oscar Villalon with Panelist/Moderator Keenan Norris
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “Hello Characterization, Meet Dialogue” with Leslie Daniels, Janet Fitch, Patricia Meyer, Bee Sacks with Panelist/Moderator Dana Johnson
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Craft Talk by Katy Hays: “Foundations to Fixtures. How to Revise and Renovate a Novel (and Maybe Also a House)”
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Literary Journal Roundtable: Alta Journal (Blaise Zerega), Santa Monica Review (Andrew Tonkovich), ZYZZYVA (Oscar Villalon)
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Evening Reading: Staff Read and Discuss Their Work: Ananda Lima, Kelly McMasters, Greg Spatz. Introduced by Sands Hall
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “Despicable Them: When Good People Write Bad People” with Janet Fitch, Dana Johnson, Dylan Landis, Ananda Lima. Moderated by Diana Wagman
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Panel: “Scenes of the Crime: Setting and Plot” with Chris Feliciano Arnold, Tyler Dilts, Shobha Rao. Moderated by Andrew Tonkovich
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Craft Talk by Francisco Goldman: “All You Need Is Love. Though Not Only.” Introduced by Borchard Foundation Executive Vice-President Michael Spurgeon
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Writers Workshops 2026 - Opening Talk by Jason Roberts
Welcome to the Podcast feed for the 2026 Summer Workshops in Olympic Valley. This week, we will upload daily craft talks, panels and readings as they happen. Be sure to subscribe to our feed to receive all recordings automatically. A full sched...
