Episode 149: José Pablo Iriarte

Keep the Channel Open by Mike Sakasegawa

Apr 24, 202401:07:51Arts

Writer and friend José Pablo Iriarte returns to the show to discuss their debut middle-grade novel, Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed . In our conversation, we talked about building stories without antagonists, writi...

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