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In-depth conversations about work, writing, & professional success with the women shaping our cultural landscape. An interview series now in its 3rd season.
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“I’m just going to make it happen”: Erika Burke Rossa on her career as a director (opens the original)
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Lessons on work, writing, & success from the women shaping our cultural landscape. A deep dive interview series deconstructing the career choices that create lasting impact.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="265
“I’m still refining this”: Tajja Isen on her career as a writer (opens the original)
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My conversation with Tajja on how she learned to let go of the “familiar vision of success,” why she’s fascinated by mentorship as a relational category, the framework she uses to make decisions about which opportunities to pursue, why voice is the thing she thinks about most in her work, the book she’s currently writing, & so much more.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUtf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-p
“I’m never going to forget that”: The Postscript ep. 5 (opens the original)
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Each month, between interviews, I hop on the mic to share a new episode of The Postscript: a Women of Letters segment featuring a life update from me + a behind-the-scenes look at my conversations with our recent guests—in this episode, Helen Betya Rubinstein, Stefanie O’Connell, and Téa Obreht.I talk about officially launching the Women of Letters merch collection (and what it took to develop), how Croatians think about vacation, why I can’t recommend AOC’s immensely empowering series on egg-fr
“I continue to be surprised”: Téa Obreht on her career as a writer (opens the original)
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My conversation with Téa on how she gained the emotional license to treat her writing as work, what it was like winning a major literary prize in her twenties, why she’s driven by a fear of disenchantment, feeling culturally Balkan and at home almost anywhere, the book she’s been re-reading for almost three decades that she recommends to everyone, why she finds writers like Annie Proulx and Toni Morrison so inspiring, her decision to pursue an MFA in creative writing at Cornell, & so much more.<
“I’m someone who thinks in seasons”: Stefanie O’Connell on her career as a writer (opens the original)
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My conversation with Stefanie on how growing up with a breadwinning mother shaped her views on gender and work, the way she’s built a career through cold emailing and developing a resilience against rejection, why it’s so rare to see heterosexual relationships in which men are openly supportive of their more successful female partners (like Doug Emhoff with Kamala Harris or Travis Kelce with Taylor Swift), how she landed her first public speaking gig, the alignment-based framework she uses to ma
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