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The Naples Writers' Workshop presents lessons from successful writing

The Naples Writers' Workshop presents lessons from successful writing

 

#166

164: “Hollow” by Breece D’J Pancake

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15 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:02

15 Nov 2025


#165

163: “The Enormous Radio” by John Cheever

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01 Nov 2025

26 MINS

26:34

01 Nov 2025


#164

162: “A Conversation with My Father” by Grace Paley

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15 Oct 2025

25 MINS

25:35

15 Oct 2025


#163

161: “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin

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01 Oct 2025

25 MINS

25:11

01 Oct 2025


#162

160: “Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor

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15 Sep 2025

33 MINS

33:01

15 Sep 2025


#161

159: “Wood Sorrel House” by Zach Williams

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01 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:19

01 Sep 2025


#160

158: “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Jorge Luis Borges

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15 Aug 2025

31 MINS

31:09

15 Aug 2025


#159

157: “Found Objects” by Jennifer Egan

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01 Aug 2025

25 MINS

25:10

01 Aug 2025


#158

156: “Two Words” by Isabel Allende

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15 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:16

15 Jul 2025


#157

155: “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil” by William Trevor

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01 Jul 2025

25 MINS

25:45

01 Jul 2025


#156

154: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

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15 Jun 2025

25 MINS

25:34

15 Jun 2025


#155

153: “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

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01 Jun 2025

28 MINS

28:50

01 Jun 2025


#154

152: “How to Be an Other Woman” by Lorrie Moore

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15 May 2025

34 MINS

34:05

15 May 2025


#153

151: “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson

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01 May 2025

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26:45

01 May 2025


#152

150: “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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15 Apr 2025

37 MINS

37:37

15 Apr 2025


#151

149: “The Martyr” by Mary Gordon

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01 Apr 2025

22 MINS

22:07

01 Apr 2025


#150

148: “A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty

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15 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:14

15 Mar 2025


#149

147: “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick

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01 Mar 2025

29 MINS

29:57

01 Mar 2025


#148

146: “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” by J. D. Salinger

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15 Feb 2025

24 MINS

24:53

15 Feb 2025


#147

145: “Unaccompanied Sonata” by Orson Scott Card

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01 Feb 2025

22 MINS

22:37

01 Feb 2025


#146

144: “The Werewolf” by Angela Carter

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15 Jan 2025

20 MINS

20:12

15 Jan 2025


#145

143: “Zombie” by Joyce Carol Oates

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01 Jan 2025

26 MINS

26:03

01 Jan 2025


#144

142: “The Wind” by Lauren Groff

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15 Dec 2024

25 MINS

25:36

15 Dec 2024


#143

141: “These Golden Cities” by K. David Wade

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01 Dec 2024

29 MINS

29:52

01 Dec 2024


#142

140: “Non-Zero Probabilities” by N. K. Jemisin

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15 Nov 2024

22 MINS

22:13

15 Nov 2024


#141

139: “A Telephone Call” by Dorothy Parker

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01 Nov 2024

27 MINS

27:09

01 Nov 2024