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Season 5 Episodes
Episode 106: Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li | University of British Columbia
Episode 107: Alejandro Puyana | Debut Author Series | Freedom is a Feast
Episode 109: Emma Allmann | University of Alabama
Episode 110: Jonny Teklit | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Episode 111: Carlee Jensen | Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars
Episode 113: Rone Shavers | Application Series | MFA vs. PhD
Episode 114: Mackenzie McGee | University of Kansas
Episode 115: Wilson M. Sims | Florida Atlantic University
Episode 118: Meghan Perry | Debut Author Series | Water Finds a Way
Episode 116: Matt Homrich-Knieling | Western Connecticut State University
Episode 117: Oli Peters | University of Notre Dame
Episode 118: Ray Wise | Rutgers University–Camden
Season 4 Episodes
Episode 83: Ross Gay | Faculty Series | Indiana University Bloomington
Episode 84: Jess Silfa | Vanderbilt University
Episode 85: Brandon Blue | Arizona State University
Episode 87: Jess Silfa | Application Series | MFA Draft
Episode 88: Krista Diamond | University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Episode 90: Matt Farley | Miami University (of Ohio)
Episode 91: Sarah Ann Noel | NYU Writers Workshop in Paris
Episode 93: Noah Evan Wilson | Rutgers University—Newark
Episode 94: Kate Brody | Debut Author Series | Rabbit Hole
Episode 96: Jamie Li | Vermont College of Fine Arts
Episode 97: Deborah Jackson Taffa | Faculty Series | Institute of American Indian Arts
Episode 99: Sam Herschel Wein | University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Episode 100: Abhijit Sarmah | University of Georgia
Episode 101: Max Delsohn | Syracuse University
Episode 102: Eric Larsh | Portland State University
Season 3 Episodes
Episode 58: Rachelle Toarmino | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Episode 59: Emily St. Martin | UC Riverside, Palm Desert Low-Residency
Episode 60: Sean Dolan | Western Washington University
Episode 62 | Lindsay Bernal | Application Series | Admissions Coordinator Edition
Episode 63: Nikki Lyssy | University of South Florida
Episode 64: Jonathan Escoffery | Debut Author Series | If I Survive You
Episode 65: Kaitlyn Airy | University of Virginia
Episode 67: De'Andre Holmes | Columbia College Chicago
Episode 68: Mary Kate McGrath | Boston University
Episode 69: Edward Daschle | University of Maryland
Episode 70: Caroline Catlin | Pacific University
Episode 71: Erica Reid | Western Colorado University
Episode 57: Steven Duong | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Episode 73: Derek Chan | Cornell University
Episode 74: Gina Chung | Debut Author Series | Sea Change
Episode 75: Suli Holum | Goddard College
Episode 76: Maurice Carlos Ruffin | Faculty Series | Louisiana State University and Randolph College
Episode 77: Neil Griffin | University of Victoria
Episode 78: Kayla Cayasso | University of Central Florida
Episode 79: Simon Graham | University of Washington
Episode 80: Amanda E. Scott | Western Michigan University
Season 2 Episodes
Episode 31: Shreya Fadia | Indiana University Bloomington
Episode 32: Katie Schorr | Hunter College
Episode 33: Ashley Sojin Kim | University of Florida
Episode 34: Natalie Warther | Bennington College
Episode 35: Adachioma Ezeano | University of Kentucky
Episode 36: Gregory Spatz | Application Series | Faculty Edition
Episode 38: Keely O'Connell | University of Alaska Fairbanks
Episode 39: Luke Larkin | University of Montana
Episode 40: Cordis Paldano | Minnesota State University, Mankato
Episode 42: Jason Rodriguez | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Episode 43: George Saunders | Faculty Series | Syracuse University, Story Club
Episode 44: Gabrielle Grace Hogan | The New Writers Project, University of Texas at Austin
Episode 45: Katie M. Zeigler | St. Mary's College of California
Episode 46: Chibuihe Obi Achimba | Brown University
Episode 47: Erin Slaughter | Florida State University
Episode 49: Gauri Awasthi | McNeese State University
Episode 50: Siloh Radovsky | UC San Diego
Episode 51: James Craig Hartz Jr. | Oregon State University
Episode 52: Taylor Sklenar | Iowa State University
Episode 53: Luna Adler | Brooklyn College
Episode 54: Taylor Byas | University of Cincinnati
Season 1 Episodes
Episode 0: Trailer
Episode 1: Mary Henn | University of Missouri-Kansas City
Episode 2: Sasha Debevec-McKenney | New York University
Episode 3: Preety Sidhu | Louisiana State University
Episode 4: Ali Geren | University of Arkansas
Episode 5: Clancy Tripp | The Ohio State University
Episode 6: Marcos Damián León | University of California, Riverside
Episode 7: Matthew Dougherty | West Virginia University
Episode 8: Hannah Cajandig-Taylor | Northern Michigan University
Episode 9: Vanessa Chan | The New School
Episode 10: Marcus Jamison | University of South Carolina
Episode 11: Dana Liebelson | University of Wyoming
Episode 14 | Cady Vishniac | Application Series
Episode 13: Michal "MJ" Jones | Mills College
Episode 14: Kaj Tanaka | University of Houston
Episode 15: Emily Holland | American University
Episode 16: Bryan Byrdlong | Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan
Episode 17: Sarah Ruth Bates | University of Arizona
Episode 18: Danielle P. Williams | George Mason University
Episode 19: Koyé Oyedeji | Warren Wilson College
Episode 20: Jeremiah Barker | Litowitz MFA+MA at Northwestern University
Episode 21: Jemimah Wei | Columbia University
Episode 22: Alejandro Puyana | Michener Center for Writers, University of Texas at Austin
Episode 23 | Felicia Rose Chavez | Faculty Series | Colorado College, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop
Episode 24: Antonio Villaseñor-Baca | University of Texas El Paso
Episode 25: Ellie Black | University of Mississippi
Episode 26: Evan Fleischer | Emerson College
Episode 27: Keith Enterante | San Diego State University
Episode 28: Aggie Stewart | Newport MFA, Salve Regina University
Episode 29: Tarik Dobbs | University of Minnesota
