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First Draft - Ben Fountain (Returns Again)

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing by Mitzi Rapkin

Jun 29, 202660:31Arts

Ben Fountain’s work has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction, the Center for Fi...

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First Draft - Ben Fountain (Returns Again) is an episode from First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing by Mitzi Rapkin. Ben Fountain’s work has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Los Angeles...

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Published Jun 29, 2026, 60:31 long, audio available.

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