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Humorist Kevin Seccia, appearing June 14 at the McConnell Arts Center as part of the Worthington Libraries's Hear and Now program, discusses humor writing and Punching Tom Hanks. Recent Thurber House guest author Beth Gutcheon discusses her latest, Gossip: A Novel.

Monday, June 4, 7 pm., WCRS radio, 98.3 & 102.1 FM
Wednesday, June 6, 8:00 p.m., WCBE radio, central Ohio's NPR station, 90.5 FM

Kevin Seccia podcast


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Ohioana authors Dale Brown, Christopher Busta-Peck, and Mike Olszewski talk about writing with OSU student Joseph Frazier 

Monday, June 11, 7 pm., WCRS radio, 98.3 & 102.1 FM
Wednesday, June 13, 8:00 p.m., WCBE radio, central Ohio's NPR station, 90.5 FM


Writers Talk, produced by the Ohio State University’s Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, interviews a wide variety of authors, focusing on how they produce text and communicate in a variety of genres. Its purpose is to demystify and promote writing, especially for academic writers. Guests have include best sellers like RL Stine, Lee Child, and Rita Mae Brown; humor writers like Laurie Notaro and Christopher Moore; Internet authors like Grammar Girl and John Green; journalists like Rick Reilly, Byron Pitts, and Bruce Feiler; and academics like Kevin Boyle and OSU President Gordon Gee.

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If you are a writer or educator and would like to participate in a CSTW podcast, please contact Doug Dangler, host of Writers Talk, pictured at right.


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Columbus City Schools; Columbus Public Library; Columbus School for Girls; Cover to Cover bookstore; OSU Digital Union; Jewish Community Center Book Fair; Ohioana; OSU Libraries; The President and Provost's Diversity Lecture & Cultural Arts Series; Six String Concerts; The Ohio Channel; Third Coast; Thurber House; and our media partner WCBE 90.5, Central Ohio's NPR Station, where donations are gladly accepted.