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Podcast: Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Episode: Aviatrix Writers' Room interview with bestselling author Maggie Shipstead on her classical writing education and publishing journey.
Description: Send a textIn this Literary Aviatrix Writers’ Room interview with best-selling author Maggie Shipstead we get into the details of her author journey. Maggie is an inspiration for anyone who aspires to be a professional writer. In our conversation, she talks about how a writing course with Zadie Smith during her undergrad at Harvard cemented her path as a writer. She went on to earn an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, followed by a two-year creative writing Stegner Fellowship at Stanford. Her books include the novels Seating Arrangements (2012), Astonish Me (2014), and Great Circle (2021), and a coll...