Brian Fairbanks is an author and journalist whose piece for the 150th issue of the Atavist Magazine, The Last Shall be First, chronicles the actions of a corrupt New Orleans cop and his trail of victims still crying for justice.

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Episode 410: Brian Fairbanks and "The Last Shall be First"

Earl Swift is the best-selling author of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery (Mariner Books).

In this episode we talk about how Earl strings together book projects and what this story from more than 100 years ago still says about today.

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Episode 409: Chain Smoking Book Projects with Earl Swift

Ruby McConnell (@rubygonewild) is one of our great environmental writers and her latest book is Wilderness and the American Spirit. It's published by Overcup Press.

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Episode 408: North to Trees, South to Gold with Ruby McConnell

Alex Squadron is a sports writer for Slam Magazine and the author of Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA.

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Episode 407: Alex Squadron Respects the Grind

Darrell Hartman (@dwhartman) is the author of The Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media. It is published by Viking.

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Episode 406: When to Share a WIP with Darrell Hartman

Hallie Lieberman (@hallielieberman) is a journalist, writer, and historian. She's the author of Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy. Her latest piece for The Atavist is "The Handcuff Man." Visit magazine.atavist.com to read it.

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Episode 405: Hallie Lieberman and the Drawer of Dead Pitches

Hanif Abdurraqib is poet, critic, and author of several books, including There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House).

In this episode we talk about his nod to witnessing, specificity, intentionality, making it, and LeBron James.

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Episode 404: Hanif Abdurraqib’s Nod to Witnessing in ‘There’s Always This Year’

Elizabeth Rush is the author of The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth (Milkweed).

Liz talks about writing toward exactitude, lyricing her way through sticking points, being a character in her own work, and voice.

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Episode 403: Elizabeth Rush Moves Toward Exactitude

Rob Harvilla (@harvilla on X) is a staff writer for The Ringer and the host and creator of the long-running 60 Songs that Explain the 90s. His first book is 60 Songs that Explain the 90s.

We talk about the end of the podcast, the evolution of voice, and the maze he purposefully escapes each episode.

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Episode 402: The Stentorian-Voiced Dudely Bro-ness of Rob Harvilla

Jessica Camille Aguirre (@jessicacaguirre) is a freelance journalist and wrote "Watch it Burn" for The Atavist Magazine.

In this episode we talk about racking up rejections, voice, and what makes climate stories drag.

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Episode 401: Jessica Camille Aguirre on Racking Up Rejections, Online Nothing Burgers, and The Atavist’s “Watch It Burn”

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories.   Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and Threads and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!

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