After a series of tragedies, Hannah Tinti figured out what she truly cares about, and in doing so, rediscovered the spark in her writing, resulting in her brilliant and immensely entertaining new novel, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY. She and James discuss finding community in the lonely business of writing, immediately knowing which pieces of a book belong, using roadsigns to create tension, and having the audacity to write about whales. They also discuss Hannah’s incredible work in co-creating and editing the literary magazine ONE STORY.

Hannah Tinti

Hannah and James Discuss:

Daniel Wallace

American Short Fiction

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Maribeth Batcha

“Villanova” by John Hodgman

NYU

Writers House, A Literary Agency

Devin Emke

THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE by John Hodgman

THE BOSTON REVIEW

ATLANTIC MONTHLY

C. Michael Curtis

THE NEW YORKER

HARPER’S

PLOUGHSHARES

THE PARIS REVIEW

McSWEENEY’S

Samuel French

THE KENYON REVIEW

TIN HOUSE

GRANTA

REDIVIDER

“World’s End” by Clare Beams

Victor Kiam

The One Story Debutante Ball

The Fray

Margo Rabb

“Fear Itself” by Katie Coyle

“The Strings Attached” (unfortunately not entitled “Banjo”) by James Scott

ANIMAL CRACKERS by Hannah Tinti (2004, The Dial Press)

Winston Churchill

LENNY

Hedgebrook Writers in Residence Program

Alfred Hitchcock

Annie Hartnett

50 Cent

Greg Mollica

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Matthew Cheney

Jim Shepard

E.L. Doctorow