The Long Conversation

Weekly conversations on the craft of writing

Nov 11, 2020

TLC #5: Writing as a Way of Being, p. 2, with Robert P. Yagelski

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Nov 5, 2020

TLC Podcast #3: Ask a Journalist, with John H. Richardson

The team talks to John H. Richardson, award-winning journalist for publications including Esquire and GQ — and Rachel’s dad! — about structu

Oct 28, 2020

TLC #3: Registration link!

Here ya go, folks! I neglected to include a registration link in my last email for TLC #3: Ask a Journalist, with John H. Richardson. Here i

Dec 14, 2020

TLC Podcast #7: Coming Into Language

After talking through questions of editorship and delegating, Rachel, Dan, Nathan and Adam turn their attention to the week’s reading: Helen

Feb 1, 2021

TLC Podcast #10: Fresh Brains

Accessing excitement and announcing the self in writing

Jan 26, 2021

TLC Podcast #9: The Proximate Causes of My Excitement

Returning for the new year’s first conversation, Rachel asks Dan and Nathan about how their writing collaboration mirrors their unique busin

Nov 9, 2020

TLC Podcast #4: Writing as a Way of Being

Taking cues from Robert Yagelski’s Writing as a Way of Being, Rachel guides the panel through pedagogy. At the end of a taxing week, how can

Mar 19, 2021

TLC Podcast #14 - What, Me Worry? Workshopping Dan Shipper

Rachel and Taylor join Dan to workshop his upcoming essay on something everyone has feelings about: Worry. Topics include: how we might chan

Mar 2, 2021

TLC Podcast #13: Creativity for Non-Creatives

With a temporary exodus by Taylor and Nathan, Rachel and Dan are left alone for a playdate. The two explore an important question: how can p

Dec 14, 2020

TLC #8: The Body Question

"a ringing sense of mortality underscores everything we write" -Maggie Nelson

Dec 4, 2020

TLC #7: **Next Week**

A scheduling update for our next episode

May 14, 2021

#18 - Unsticking yourself (Part I)

Pulling from an anti-writer's block resource created for Every writers and readers, Rachel takes Dan and Nathan on a journey through a word

Oct 14, 2020

Introducing: The Long Conversation

The Long Conversation is a weekly live show dedicated to the craft of writing hosted by Rachel Jepsen, Managing Editor of Holloway. Great wr

Apr 8, 2021

#15 - Restful Writing

This week, Rachel greets Dan, Nathan, and Taylor with a writing exercise: what is it like when your house is completely silent? Answering th

Feb 18, 2021

TLC Podcast #12: Restful Reading

After Rachel, Nathan and Taylor provide a diverse array of reading recs for Dan's in-home vacation, the TLC crew wonders: why do we read wha