First Draft - T. Geronimo Johnson

T. Geronimo Johnson is the bestselling author of Welcome to Braggsville, longlisted for the National Book Award and Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence; and Hold It ’Til It Hurts, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. He won the inaugural Joyce Carol Oates Award, the Rome Prize, Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and the William Saroyan International Prize, received his M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he later taught writing, and has held Stegner and Iowa Arts fellowships. His new novel is The Occidental Book of the Dead. You can support First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing on Patreon. Your support contributes to the existence of this podcast and offers you ad-free, pitch-free episodes plus extras each month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices