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Writing Forward is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with writers from and connected to Wisconsin. Hosted by writer and former New York Times editor Jeff Oloizia, the show explores craft, identity, and the challenges and rewards of building a writing life outside the traditional centers of the literary world. Across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and journalism, each episode offers an honest look at what it takes to keep going — one word at a time. At its heart, Writing Forward asks a simple question: What if the most vital stories are being written in the places we’re taught to overlook?
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Signup to Generate a PitchWriting Forward is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with writers from and connected to Wisconsin. Hosted by writer and former New York Times editor Jeff Oloizia, the show explores craft, identity, and the challenges and rewards of building a writing life outside the traditional centers of the literary world.
Writing Forward is hosted by Jeff Oloizia. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep. 15: Michael Perry on the art of the hustle" (28 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Ep. 14: Carol Dunbar on writing off the grid" (21 October 2026, 48 minutes), and "Ep. 13: David McGlynn on writing toward compassion" (14 October 2026, 50 minutes).
Writing Forward publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for Writing Forward is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Writing Forward requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Writing Forward's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jeff Oloizia hosts Writing Forward, an arts podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Writing Forward
Writing Forward welcomes New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry , author of more than 25 books, including "Population: 485," "Truck: A Love Story," and most recently, "Improbable Mentors and Happy...
Episode #4
Writing Forward welcomes Carol Dunbar , author of the novels "The Net Beneath Us" and "A Winter's Rime." In this episode, Carol talks about leaving behind a career in theater to live off the grid in Wisconsin's...
Episode #3
Writing Forward welcomes David McGlynn , author of five books, including the new novel-in-stories "Liberal Arts." In this episode, David talks about finding humor and humanity in the campus novel, the importance of...
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Writing Forward previews the Wisconsin Book Festival's 25th Annual Fall Celebration with Festival Director Jane Rotonda. Presented by Madison Public Library in partnership with the Madison Public Library Foundation, the...
Episode #2
Writing Forward welcomes poet and essayist Sadia Hassan , author of " Enumeration " (Akashic Books, 2020), selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani as part of the African Poetry Fund chapbook series. In this episode...
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Writing Forward is back! Get ready for a fresh season of Wisconsin-connected writers, including Nickolas Butler, Sadia Hassan and Michael Perry. Writing Forward is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with...
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In the season one finale, Writing Forward welcomes former Wisconsin poet laureate Nicholas Gulig, author of the acclaimed poetry collections "The Other Altar" and "Orient." Nick reflects on growing up in Minneapolis's...
Episode #9
Writing Forward welcomes Nate Marshall, author of the acclaimed poetry collections "Wild Hundreds," winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, and "Finna," praised by Roxane Gay as "elegantly and precisely crafted" and...
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Writing Forward welcomes Dantiel W. Moniz , author of the acclaimed story collection "Milk Blood Heat," which was shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the New York Public...
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<p>Writing Forward welcomes Dantiel W. Moniz, author of the acclaimed story collection "Milk Blood Heat," which was shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the New York Public...
Episode #7
Writing Forward welcomes Tamara Saviano , cultural historian, Grammy Award-winning music producer, and author of the books "Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music," "The Most Beautiful Girl: A True Story of a...
Episode #7
<p>Writing Forward welcomes Tamara Saviano, cultural historian, Grammy Award-winning music producer, and author of the books "Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music," "The Most Beautiful Girl: A True Story of a...
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<p>Writing Forward welcomes Christina Clancy, author of the novels "The Second Home," "Shoulder Season," and "The Snowbirds," a USA Today bestseller and one of People's Best New Books of February 2025.</p><p></p><p>In...
Episode #5
<p>Writing Forward welcomes Liam Callanan, author of the novels "The Cloud Atlas," "Paris by the Book," "When in Rome," and the forthcoming nonfiction book "Stone Age Astronaut: The Astonishing Adventures of America's...
Episode #4
<p>Writing Forward welcomes Chloe Benjamin, author of the novels "The Anatomy of Dreams," the New York Times bestseller "The Immortalists," and the forthcoming "Under Story," out September 1 from G.P. Putnam's...
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<p>Writing Forward welcomes Melissa Faliveno, author of the novel “Hemlock” and the essay collection “Tomboyland,” which was named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR, the New York Public Library, Electric Literature...
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<p>Writing Forward welcomes Maggie Ginsberg, author of the award-winning novel Still True and the forthcoming Daisy Chain, due out in fall 2027 from Blackstone Publishing.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Maggie discusses...
Episode #1
<p>Our inaugural Writing Forward guest is Barrett Swanson: Harper's Magazine contributor, author of the essay collection Lost in Summerland, and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His new...
Writing Forward
<p>Writing Forward is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with writers connected to Wisconsin, a state with a rich and often underrecognized literary tradition.</p><p></p><p>Hosted by writer and former New...
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