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10-Minute Writer's Workshop

0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff8f330000NHPR’s 10-Minute Writer’s Workshop offered a peek into how great writers conjure and craft their work. From creative rituals to guilty distractions, writers revealed what it really takes to get pen to paper.After more than two years and 60 episodes, the 10 Minute Writer’s Workshop signed off in December 2017, to make room for new projects and podcasts. (But our author talks will continue to live online if you’re looking for a dose of inspiration).Thanks to everybody who listened and learned from the show!For other literary offerings from NHPR, check out:The Bookshelf, featuring authors from around New Hampshire and the region, as well as books about New Hampshire by authors from anywhere.Writers on a New England Stage – an ongoing series of author talks in partnership with The Music Hall in Portsmouth, hosted by NHPR’s Virginia Prescott.

10-Minute Writer's Workshop: Jonathan Lethem

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Sara Plourde

Published January 11, 2017 at 5:29 PM EST

Johnathan Lethem is the best-selling author of Gun, with Occasional Music, Fortress of Solitude, and other novels, including the Naitonal Book Critics' Circle award-winning Motherless Brooklyn. He's know for reanimating and remixing genres - hard-boiled crime novels, post-apocalyptic science fiction, superhero comics and even technicolor westerns. His most recent novel is called A Gambler's Anatomy. It's about a high-stakes competitive backgammon player and con artist - a character who, like Lethem, was raised in the bohemian Brooklyn of the 1970s.

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10-Minute Writer's Workshop: Jonathan Lethem

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