An Interview Podcast
Speaking in First Draft
Season 3 Debuts on March 5th!
First released in September 2023, members of the Girls Write Now community share a draft of one of their works in progress and discuss both the writing process and what creative expression looks like to them. Listeners will have the opportunity to engage with the inner machinations and perspectives of writers, producers, and artists from a diversity of episodes and stories.

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Happiness in Compensations
The day I see this, I will have achieved my happiness.

The Sky’s the Limit
Airplanes had been my passion. Now they were my obsession.

Crushes Can Drive You Crazy
There's no age limit on crushes.

Rising
“Uno, dos, y tres…” My father jumps off of the cliff into El Yaque del Norte, with me holding tightly onto his back.

Loving in New Ways
Sometimes the best love is the one that can exist without words.

This Is My Dwelling
Repetition numbs. Or at least, it’s supposed to.

The Best Chao in the World
Chao ga. To describe it in English makes it sound unappetizing.

Underground
The narrator's family is chosen by lottery to relocate underground for 15 years once the earth becomes overpopulated. This story recounts her first trip to the surface.

Dear Kanye
Dear Kanye, nine days ago I called financial offices of the colleges I applied to. Told them I had to submit my FAFSA without parental information….

Pelo Malo
Smoke rises, hot metal searing each rebellious strand.
