12. Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken is the James A. Michener chaired professor in creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin and the award-winning author of 8 books. Her most recent novel The Hero of This ...
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11. Keri Blakinger
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10 Jan 202319min
10. Melissa Lozada-Oliva
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5 Jan 202316min
9. Tod Goldberg
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21 Dec 202220min
8. Soraya Nadia McDonald
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13 Dec 202215min
7. Diksha Basu
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6 Dec 202218min
6. Joe Hagan
Joe Hagan is cohost of Vanity Fair's podcast Inside the Hive the author of the culture defining book Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone. Joe is a special correspondent...
23 Nov 202218min
5. Stephanie Land
Stephanie Land didn’t take the traditional path to writing a New York Times Bestselling memoir MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. And she didn’t take the traditional path to hav...
15 Nov 202218min
