Noley Reid
photo credit: Jason Wheat.
Hi Everyone,
“Let’s Deconstruct a Story” is a podcast for the story nerds!
This is a podcast for aspiring writers who know that examining the components of a good story is the key to writing one. In each episode here, I interview a writer about one of their own stories, delving deeply into their choice of POV, plot, setting, and tone. The stories are available for listeners to read (below) before they listen to our discussion.
If you enjoy the podcast, please let me know, and if you have any writers/stories you’d like to recommend, I’d be happy to hear about them.
Also, be sure to scroll down to the bottom where I am announcing the first “Let’s Deconstruct a Story” workshop with Natalie Serber!
Thanks,
Kelly
**Warning: This story includes a discussion of suicide.**
First, please read Noley Reid’s excellent story, “Coming Back,” which is available in Split Lip Magazine here.
Or you may download a PDF of the story here: “Coming Back” by Noley Reid
or on Spotify here.
A transcript of our conversation is available upon request.
Bio:
Noley Reid’s third book is the novel Pretend We Are Lovely from Tin House Books. Her fourth book, a collection of stories called Origami Dogs, is forthcoming from Autumn House Press. Her stories and essays have appeared in The Southern Review, The Rumpus, Arts & Letters, Meridian, Pithead Chapel, The Lily, Bustle, Confrontation, and Los Angeles Review of Books. Follow her on Twitter @NoleyReid and find out more about her writing and upcoming events at http://www.NoleyReid.com.
A novel by Noley Reid
“Pretend We are Lovely” is available at Bookshop here and on Audible here.
“So There!” is on Bookshop.org as well: https://bookshop.org/books/so-there/9781936205455.
“In the Breeze of Passing Things” is out of print but Noley has copies. If you are interested, feel free to contact me, and I will put you in touch with her.
In other news:
I’m happy to announce the first “Let’s Deconstruct a Story” workshop with Natalie Serber on October 13th at 6pm EST. We will be talking about her story, “Children are Magic” which was first published in “One Story” in 2019. More information is available here.