Writers' Workshops, Artists' Sketchbooks, & the Chaos of Memory w/ Emil Wilson
In this interview, we chat with Emil Wilson about creative freedom, visual communication, character transformation, and so much more.
Emil Wilson (https://emilwilsonart.com/) is an award-winning art director, illustrator, and artist whose creative work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, as well as on NPR, the Oscars, and during the Super Bowl. He is based in San Francisco.
Books and stories mentioned in this episode:
Either/Or; The Idiot — Elif Batuman
Helter Skelter — Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry
Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
Carrie; Pet Sematary — Stephen King
The Executioner's Song — Norman Mailer
The Thorn Birds — Colleen McCullough
Centennial — James A. Michener
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt — Ben Reeves
Sophie's Choice — William Styron
War and Peace — Leo Tolstoy
How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies — Amy Wallen (with illustrations by Emil Wilson)
In this interview, we chat with Dania Idriss about representing human cruelty, finding creative nourishment in academic conferences, spending time in "writing jail", and so much more.
Dania Idriss (she/her) is a Lebanese-Canadian author and a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. She (currently) gratefully lives and works on the traditional territory of Treaty 7, with her writing focusing on global literatures, particularly Arabic speculative fiction. Her first book, a collection of horror stories titled Tales of the Mountains and the Sea, was released by Freehand Books in May 2026. Dania teaches speculative fiction and global literatures at the Alberta University of the Arts and the University of Calgary. She enjoys all things spooky, warm sweaters, and spending time with her bunny, Arlo.
Books and stories mentioned in this episode:
Human Sacrifices — María Fernanda Ampuero
American War; One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This — Omar El Akkad
The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins
David Copperfield; Great Expectations; The Old Curiosity Shop — Charles Dickens
The Haunting of Hill House; The Sundial; We Have Always Lived in the Castle — Shirley Jackson
The Monk — Matthew Gregory Lewis
Forgotten Journey; Thus Were Their Faces — Silvina Ocampo
"Brokeback Mountain" — Annie Proulx
Harry Potter series — J. K. Rowling
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
Dracula — Bram Stoker
"Hair" — Mike Thorn
The Castle of Otranto — Horace Walpole
Lolly Willowes — Sylvia Townsend Warner
1 Jun 2026
Shakespearean Themes, Wang WPS Mishaps, & Stephen King's Revisions w/ Caroline Bicks
Author Caroline Bicks discusses AI in education, literary craft, and Stephen King's revisions in this interview.
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