Let's Deconstruct a Story: A podcast for the story nerds! Aspiring writers need to understand the components of a good story before they can write one. Choices of POV, plot, setting, and tone are crucial. In each episode, I'll be interviewing a writer about one of their own stories, which will be available for listeners to read for free on my website before they listen. www.kellyfordon.com.
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Sheila Kohler
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Hi Everyone, We're a little late with this episode and it's all my fault! As I mentioned in my May 1st blog post (sign up here for updates), for the first time in four years, I conducted an amazing interview with Sheila Kohler and forgot to hit record on Zoom. Sheila--the most gracious person on Earth--forgave me for wasting 45 minutes of her time …
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Cara Blue Adams
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Hi Everyone, I'm thrilled to host Cara Blue Adams today on the podcast. We talked about her stellar short story, "Vision," available from Joyland Magazine. I met Cara years ago at the Kenyon Writers Workshop (which I highly recommend by the way...) so it was great fun to reconnect on the podcast. Cara's work was recommended by Vincent Perrone, who …
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Leigh Newman
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Hi Everyone, We had so much fun discussing Leigh Newman's short story, "An Extravaganza in Two Acts," available here from Electric Literature. You are going to learn so much about writing historical fiction. Leigh is a hoot! The conversation moved at a clip, so I have some discussion notes for you below. Also, check out the bonus question one of my…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Jai Chakrabarti
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Hi Everyone! Welcome to Let's Deconstruct a Story! This month I'm talking to Jai Chakrabarti about his wonderful story, "A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness." Please find the link to the story at www.kellyfordon.com, It's best to read it before tuning into the podcast. Next month, I'll be talking to Leigh Newman about her story, "An Extrava…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Katherine Vaz
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Hi Everyone! Welcome to Let's Deconstruct a Story! This month I'm talking to Katherine Vaz about her wonderful story, "Our Lady of the Artichokes." Please read the story (available at www.kellyfordon.com/blog) before tuning into the podcast. Also, please check out the link to her fantastic new novel Above the Salt which I read and adored. Sometimes…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Bonnie Jo Campbell
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Hi Everyone, I had the best conversation with Bonnie Jo Campbell. Can't wait to share it with you! Please read "Boar Taint" in The Kenyon Review before you listen, or our discussion won't make a lick of sense. This episode is available on Apple, Spotify, Audible or anywhere you get your podcasts. If you would like a transcript, please get in touch …
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring George Singleton
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Hi! I am so happy to share my podcast interview with the esteemed Southern writer George Singleton. We delved into some serious subjects: the legacy of racism in the South, gun control, and substance abuse, but despite all of that, we managed to laugh every now and then because he is hilarious! (And I said the word "interesting" about a gazillion t…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Chad B. Anderson
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Chad B. Anderson's story "The Kelley Street Disappearances" has been lodged in my brain for almost a decade, so I decided to track him down, and I was so grateful when he agreed to be on the podcast. I'm sure if you are an avid reader like me, you know how rare it is to have a story resonate for that long. I hope you feel the same way I do about th…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Jason Ockert
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Hi Everyone, I'm happy to welcome Jason Ockert to show! We discussed his story, "The Peoplemachines" in StorySouth Spring 2023. It blew me away! Who reminds me of a modern-day Agathocles??...hmmmm....I can't imagine. Please read the story (available below) before listening to our discussion. Thank you SO MUCH to storySouth for publishing this tho…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Caroline Kim
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Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled to welcome Caroline Kim on the podcast today! We will be reviewing her story "Motherhood" which is available for free from August 1st-31st on the Story Magazine website. Thank you, Michael Nye! Please see my website to access the story: https://kellyfordon.com/lets-deconstruct-a-story/ CAROLINE KIM is the author of a colle…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Anna Caritj
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Hi Everyone, I'm thrilled to host fiction writer, Anna Caritj this month on "Let's Deconstruct a Story." The Sewanee Review has graciously taken down the paywall for Anna's story for the month of June so you can read the story all month for free! They have also offered readers/listeners of LDAS 10% off a subscription to The Sewanee Review with the …
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Robin Luce Martin
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Hi Everyone, Robin and I have been good friends and writing buddies since we met at a writer's conference in 2008. Since then, she has won numerous awards for her work and I am so thrilled to feature her brilliant writing here. We did something a little different for this episode. We are taking a look at two of Robin's stories: 1969 is available at…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Meghan Louise Wagner
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Hi Everyone, This month I'm thrilled to welcome Meghan Louise Wagner to the podcast! First, because I love the story. Secondly, because I am from NE Ohio and she lives there! Yay! So happy to be promoting fellow Midwesterners. Her story, "Elephant Seals" is available in these two places: Agni Online here or in Best American Short Stories 2022. Plea…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Julie Ann Stewart
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Hi Everyone, So glad to be back after a short hiatus! I’m grateful to the Grosse Pointe Public Library for allowing me to use their recording studio for these next few episodes. It was fantastic; however, there was a little learning curve…I apologize for a couple of staticky moments during this podcast. Luckily, it only happened when I was talking!…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Toni Ann Johnson
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Hi Everyone! I'm really looking forward to sharing this discussion with Toni Ann Johnson. I loved this collection! We will be talking about the story "Time Travel" winner of the 2021 Miller Audio Prize. Please listen to the story at the link below before you tune in to our podcast discussion. This is the last post of 2022. Thanks so much to the Gro…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring George Saunders
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Well, I'm not going to lie. It was one of the top ten thrills of my life speaking with George Saunders. I was so excited, I thought I might pass out partway through the interview. But he could not have been more unpretentious, kind, and engaging. I learned so much from him, and hope you do too! Every story he writes reminds me that we are all multi…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Peter Ho Davies
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Hi Everyone, "Let's Deconstruct a Story" is a podcast where we read and discuss one short story with the author. Today I'll be talking about the short story "Chance" with the author, Peter Ho Davies. ***Content warning: This episode deals with pregnancy/childbirth, miscarriages/abortion*** Please read the story first and then listen to the podcast,…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Jacob M. Appel
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" is a podcast where we read and discuss one short story with the author. This week I am talking to Jacob M. Appel about his story "The Frying Finn" first published in Agni and available here. Please read the story first before listening to our discussion. Learn more about Jacob M. Appel on my blog here.…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Selena Anderson
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" is a podcast where we read and discuss one short story with the author. This week I am talking to Selena Anderson about her Oxford American and later, Best American Short Story, "Godmother Tea!" Please read the story on my website and then enjoy the podcast! All best, Kelly Bio: Selena Anderson is a writer from Texas. He…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Lydia Conklin
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" is a podcast where we read and discuss one short story with the author. In this episode, Lydia Conklin and Lillian Li will be discussing the story "Sunny Talks" first published in One Story in January 2022. This conversation was recorded live at Pages Bookshop in Detroit on June 24, 2022. This episode is part of a series…
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Let's Deconstruct a Story featuring Maurine Ogbaa
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" is a podcast where we read and discuss one short story with the author. For this episode, please read "Goodbye" by Maurine Ogbaa, first published in Agni. **Please note we will be talking about suicide on this episode.** This summer I am posting two episodes with writers who have not yet published their first short story…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story with Rion Amilcar Scott
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" is a podcast where we read and discuss one short story with the author. For this episode please read or listen to the audio recording of "Shape-Ups at Delilah's" in The New Yorker before listening to our discussion. This is part of a series of "Let's Deconstruct a Story" podcasts offered in collaboration with the Grosse …
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Ellen Birkett Morris
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Hi Everyone, I'm thrilled to welcome Ellen Birkett Morris to the show today. Please read her story, "Inheritance" (available at www.kellyfordon.com) before listening to our discussion. During our talk, Ellen also mentioned a book by Ron Carlson called "Ron Carlson Writes a Story" which is out of print unfortunately but you might find a used copy he…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Sara Majka
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Hi Everyone, I'm excited to share my interview with Sara Majka about the title short story, "Cities I've Never Lived In." Here's a brief description of the collection from the publisher Graywolf Press: "Fearlessly riding the line between imagination and experience, fact and fiction, the linked stories in Sara Majka’s debut collection offer intimate…
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Poet, Ken Meisel, reads from his new collection, The Consent Of A Distance” Kelsay Press, January 2022.
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Even though I am mostly working on "Let's Deconstruct a Story" these days, every now and then I still like to feature a stellar Michigan poet! Today's post includes a reading by Ken Meisel from his new book, Studies Inside the Consent of a Distance published in January by Kelsay Books. Poems in the recording include "Fatherhood," "Two Portraits of …
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Lily King
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Lily King discusses the title story from her collection "Five Tuesdays in Winter." The story is available at most local libraries and should be read before listening to the podcast. I apologize--normally I am able to provide a copy of the story on my website but apparently Grove Atlantic does not have serial rights to the individual stories. Lily K…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Caitlin Horrocks
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Caitlin Horrocks discusses her story "On the Oregon Trail" from her short story collection, Life Among the Terranauts. The story is available and should be read before listening to the podcast at www.kellyfordon.com/blog. Caitlin Horrocks is the author of the story collections Life Among the Terranauts and This Is Not Your City, both New York Times…
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Ellen Birkett Morris reads from her chapbook, Abide.
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Abide by Ellen Birkett Morris published July 2021 Seven Kitchens Press.
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Poet, Laura Van Prooyen, reads from her new collection, "Frances of the Wider Field."
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Laura Van Prooyen’s collections of poetry are Frances of the Wider Field (Lily Poetry Review Books 2021), Our House Was on Fire, nominated by Philip Levine, awarded the McGovern Prize (Ashland Poetry Press 2015), and Inkblot and Altar (Pecan Grove Press 2006). She is also co-author, with Gretchen Bernabei, of Text Structures from Poetry—a book of w…
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