The Long Conversation

Weekly conversations on the craft of writing

Nov 16, 2020

TLC Podcast #5: Writing As a Way of Being Part II, with Robert Yagelski

Rachel and the writers (including guest panelist Fadeke Adegbuyi!) welcome the author of Writing as a Way of Being, Dr. Robert P. Yagelski—o

Nov 5, 2020

TLC #4: Writing as a Way of Being

Hello! This is a message about The Long Conversation, a live show dedicated to the crafts of writing, reading, and editing, hosted by me, Ra

Oct 26, 2020

TLC Podcast, Episode 2: The Function of Form

Rachel talks with Dan, Nathan, Adam, and our newest panelist Taylor Majewski about Carmen Maria Machado’s genre-smashing memoir, In the Drea

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

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

Apr 23, 2021

#17 - When the feeling stops, I’ll stop

Rachel, Dan, Nathan and Taylor welcome new Every lead writer Evan Armstrong—the new voice behind Napkin Math—to the podcast. Topics include:

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

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

Feb 1, 2021

TLC Podcast #10: Fresh Brains

Accessing excitement and announcing the self in writing

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

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

Oct 20, 2020

TLC #2: The Function of Form

Hello! You’re getting this email because you signed up to attend The Long Conversation, a live show dedicated to the crafts of writing, read

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

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