Conversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.
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Signup to Generate a PitchConversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.
GrottoPod is hosted by The Writers Grotto. The show has published 154 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How do you make historical horror fiction relatable?" (15 October 2026, 64 minutes), "Transitions, tips and techniques with Brandy Collins and Doug Henderson" (8 October 2026, 19 minutes), and ""You're going to the bookstore, aren't you?" with Lewis Buzbee" (19 April 2025, 67 minutes).
GrottoPod publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 154 episodes.
Booking probability for GrottoPod is 48%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. GrottoPod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. GrottoPod's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Writers Grotto hosts GrottoPod, an arts show with 154 episodes published.
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Crossover Episode! The I Have Questions hosted by Brandy Collins and The Grotto Pod have crossed over this interview with author of Blood Slaves and Blood Rising, Markus Redmond. His books reimagine vampire by adding an...
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Welcome back! Its a new season of Grotto Pod as Doug Henderson and Brandy Collins talk transitions. Brandy Collins is a journalist who has written for SF Gate, Oaklandside, and Non-Profit Quarterly to name a few. She's...
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Lewis Buzbee, Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss the craft of books, and why we still love bookstores, even after (especially after) working at them. Lewis Buzbee’s most recent novel is Diver. He is also the author of...
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Shingai Njeri Kagunda , T. K. Rex and Doug Henderson discuss editing fiction publications, the triumphant return of Fantasy Magazine, and creating space for underrepresented writers. Shingai Njeri Kagunda (they/she) is...
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Nina Schuyler , Susan Kaye Quinn , Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss writing climate fiction and one central theme: hope. How to have it, how to write it, and why it’s more important than ever. Nina Schuyler’s short...
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Cynthia Gomez, M. M. Olivas, Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss monsters, middles, invented towns, whose fear gets centered in horror, and counternarratives. Stuff we talked about in the episode: Sundown in San Ojuela...
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Margaret Juhae Lee , Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss the differences between history and memoir, memoir and autobiography, research and worldbuilding, fiction and memory, plus generative writing, being a Taurus...
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Roberto Lovato , Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss scarlet macaws, breaking down structural inequality in publishing, and Rooted & Written —the first tuition-free professional conference for Writers of Color in the...
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Jonathan Escoffery , Celeste Chan , and T. K. Rex discuss education without a safety net, the intersection of racism, capitalism and belonging, ticking clocks and how to break them, finding Jamaican patties in the Bay...
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Hugh Ryan , Mark Wallace and T. K. Rex discuss MFAs, finding out what kind of writer you are, queer history, pitching niche topics, tarantulas, finding the right peers and instructors for your writing, and the punkest...
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Lori Ostlund , Doug Henderson , and T. K. Rex discuss hopeful fiction, metaphor, the Midwest, balancing humor and darkness, crafting characters who feel like real people, the Flannery O’Connor award, and a third...
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Sam J. Miller, Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss tapping into who you really are, going too far first, the Clarion writers workshop, writing stories with a structural conceit, filing off the serial numbers, writing...
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The GrottoPod is back! In this kickoff episode for the new season, writers T. K. Rex and Doug Henderson discuss upcoming guests, their favorite writing craft tips, the importance of finding local writing community, and...
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Novelist Dallas Woodburn joins us on the GrottoPod this week to read from her recent book, The Best Week that Never Happened , described as a “captivating, poignant story is perfect for teens on the brink of discovering...
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We hope that this message finds you as well as can be. 2020 has contained a great deal of change for the GrottoPod, and for our production team. To fill you in: the Writers Grotto recently moved out of its physical...
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Preeti Vangani joins the GrottoPod this week to talk with producer Brad Balukjian about her evocative essay, “A Meditation on Bitterness,” published in Bending Genres. Vangani is a brand manager turned poet and personal...
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Poet Tess Taylor , who published two collections this year, Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange and Rift Zone , joins us on the GrottoPod this week to read some of her poetry. Taylor is the author of three other...
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Journalist and author Roberto Lovato returns to the GrottoPod this week to read from his debut book, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas. A recipient of a reporting grant...
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Maw Shein Win returns to the GrottoPod this week to read from her new book of poetry, Storage Unit for the Spirit House . Win is a poet, editor, and educator who lives and teaches in the Bay Area. Her poetry chapbooks...
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Roberto Lovato is an educator, journalist and writer based at The Writers Grotto and the author of “Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas” (Harper Collins). He joins fellow...
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