The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

J.B. MacKinnon is a freelance writer based out of Vancouver, BC. His piece, "True Grit," appears in the November issue of the Atavist Magazine. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson (Mariner Books).Show notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Matt Tullis was a professor, author, journalist, and podcaster. Tullis Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-tullis-family Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Ander Monson (@angermonsoon) is the author of Predator: A Memoir, A Movie, An Obsession. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20

Cassidy Randall (@cassidyjrandall) is a freelance writer based out of Montana and she is October's featured Atavist writer.  Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Beer Discount!: athleticbrewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20

Steve Brusatte (@SteveBrusatte) is the author of "The Rise and Reign of the Mammals" and a professor/research/paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com, code BRENDANO20

Katrina Miller (@__katrinarenee) is a physicist and writer who recently had a wonderful essay about trailblazing Black women in the physical sciences for Wired Magazine. Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20

Malaka Gharib (@malakagharib on IG) is a cartoonist and author of the graphic memoir It Won't Always Be Like This (Ten Speed Press). Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com N/A Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20

David Maraniss is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of several biographies, his latest being Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.  Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com, code BRENDANO20

Seyward Darby is the editor-in-chief for The Atavist Magazine and the author of Sisters in Hate. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com, use BRENDANO20 for discount. Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

Kim H. Cross is a freelance writer, an instructor, a mountain bike head coach and author of The Stahl House.  Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Alexandra Lytton Regalado (@alexlregalado) is the author of Relinquenda, a collection of poems published by Beacon Press. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

In honor of HippoCamp22, I'm re-upping my HippoCamp21 talk. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Donna Talarico is here to talk about HippoCamp22, the seventh iteration of the writer's conference focusing solely on creative nonfiction. If you use the promo code CNFPOD22 at checkout, you get $89 off your registration fee. Go to hippocampusmagazine.com/conference. Sponsor: Libsyn Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

Jana Meisenholder (@addsodium on Twitter) is a journalist whose latest piece appears in The Atavist Magazine. Sponsor: Libsyn Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Shownotes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Kerri Sullivan is the editor behind New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State (Rutgers University Press). Sponsor: Libsyn.com promo code FRIEND Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Chris Solomon is a contributing editor to Outside Magazine. We talk about his work for GQ, Outside, and freelancing in general. Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Leigh Baldwin and Sean Williams co-wrote and co-reported "Follow the Leader" for the July issue of The Atavist Magazine. We also hear from lead editor Jonah Ogles. Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Leah Sottile (@leahsottile) is the author of When the Moon Turns to Blood (12 Books) and the producer behind the podcast Bundyville. Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Ruby McConnell (@rubygonewild) is the author of Ground Truth and A Woman's Guide to the Wild. Sponsor: Athletic Greens Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Howard Bryant (@hbryant42) is a senior writer for ESPN and the author of several books, including Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original (Mariner Books). Sponsor: Athleticgreens.com/emerging Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Neal Bascomb is the author of several book and these days he's most excited about his newsletter Work/Craft/Life (workcraftlife.substack.com). Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Greg Donahue (@GregJDonahue) is a freelance journalist and the author and reporter behind the Atavist original "The Fugitive Next Door." Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletters: brendanomeara.com

Brad Listi is the author of Be Brief and Tell Them Everything. He's also the host the wildly popular Otherppl podcast (@otterppl). Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com  

Chip Scanlan returns to talk about his new book 33 Ways to Not Screw Up Your Journalism. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Social: @CNFPod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Tad Friend is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of the memoir In the Early Times: A Life Reframed (Crown). Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show Notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

No interview this week. Instead a short craft essay on how chefs can help us be better writers. Sponsor: Athletic Greens, athleticgreens.com/EMERGING Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

Katia Savchuk (@katiasav) is a freelancer journalist and wrote an incredible piece for The Atavist Magazine. We talk to her as well as editor-in-chief Seyward Darby. Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Meredith May returns to talk about her new book Loving Edie: How a Dog Afraid of Everything Taught Me to be Brave (Park Row Books). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes and the Rage Against the Algorithm newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jane Friedman returns! We talk about her smattering of webinars, building author platform, and finding ways to "surprise" your readers. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

Leah Flickinger is a features editor for Bicycling Magazine, Runner's World, and more. She edited Mitchell S. Jackson's "Twelve Minutes and a Life," which won the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Kelly Loudenberg is a filmmaker and journalist and she's here to talk about her piece for The Atavist. In this episode, we also hear from editor-in-chief Seyward Darby. Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod

In a departure from your normally scheduled programming, we bring you a new spin on an old favorite. This is a reimagining of the conversation with the unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Greg Brennecka is a cosmochemist and studies meteors. He is the auhthor of Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong (William Morrow, 2022). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

Dan Schwartz (@danjschwartz) is a freelance investigative journalist based out of Colorado. He's got a new piece in the Atlantic about climate change and how local weathermen are the most trusted people to sound the alarm about it. Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Matt Bell is the author of the craft book Refuse to be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. It's published by Soho. Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Bill Donahue is the writer behind "The Voyagers," a production of The Atavist Magazine. We also speak to lead editor Jonah Ogles about editing this piece and what makes for a great profile and getting a piece of writing to "that good place." Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

Get the gig you want with the skills you've got, that's the subtitle of Damon Brown's new book, Career Remix. It's published by Sterling. Social: CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

Neda Toloui-Semnani (@Neda_Semnani) is a journalist and author of They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents (Little a, 2022). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman) is the host of the incredible Design Matters podcast and the author of Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People (Porchlight Books, 2022). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Show notes/Newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Come find the meaning of life with Gloria Liu (@thats_my_line) as we dig into her work for Outside Magazine about burnout, among other topics. Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Christine Grimaldi blends memoir and journalism in her piece for the February 2022 issue of The Atavist Magazine. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Rachel Krantz (@RachelKrantz) is the author of Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy (Harmony, 2022). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: West Virg. Wesley College's MFA in Creative Writing Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Sonia Weiser (@weischoice) is a freelancer and the founder of the Opportunities of the Week newsletter. Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Social Media: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

Bradford Pearson (@bradfordpearson) is a journalist, editor, and author of The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story Of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America. Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Social Media @CNFPod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support?: patreon.com/cnfpod

Wil Haygood is the author of nine books. His latest is Colorization: 100 Years of Black Films in a White World (Knopf, 2021). This conversation was part of a live series for Goucher College's MFA in Creative Nonfiction. Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social Media: @CNFPod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Mike Damiano stops by to close out 2021 to talk about his Atavist story "We Wish to be Able to Sing."  Social Media: @CNFPod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor love: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

Sonya Huber (@sonyahuber) is the author of the memoir Supremely Tiny Acts: A Memoir of a Day (Mad Creek Books).  Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social Media: @CNFPod Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

Chip Scanlan (@chipscanlan) is the author of Writers on Writing. He's a teacher, writer, journalist, novelist, etc. A great dude, too. Patreon: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Sponsor: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

Mirin Fader (@mirinfader) is a senior staff writer for The Ringer and the author of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an MVP. She was twice featured as a notable selection in the Year's Best Sports Writing for her piece on Tyler Skaggs and Gigi Bryant.  This episode is dedicated to Kim H. Cross. Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Support: Patreon.com/cnf Social Media: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com