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Paraphrase

Paraphrase

By: Stephen Fishbach
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Paraphrase is a podcast all about literary beginnings, from the first words in novel to the first steps in a career. Host Stephen Fishbach asks novelists to discuss the craft and thematic decisions behind the beginnings of their books. Art
Episodes
  • Tiffany Hanssen: My Name Was Gerry Sass

    Tiffany Hanssen: My Name Was Gerry Sass
    31 Aug 2026
    Debut novelist — and WNYC host — Tiffany Hanssen joins me to talk writing violence, humanizing morally complex characters, and injecting humor into a dark story.
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    20 min
  • Anna Nordberg: When She Was Ours

    Anna Nordberg: When She Was Ours
    22 Jul 2026

    Debut novelist Anna Nordberg joins me to talk about escalating stakes in scene-setting, being pigeon-holed into a genre, and how to transmogrify your own personal grief into a work of art.
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    33 min
  • Daniel Pollack-Pelzner on 'Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist'

    Daniel Pollack-Pelzner on 'Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist'
    14 Apr 2026
    Daniel Pollack-Pelzner joins me to discuss his debut book Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist.

    How did Lin-Manuel Miranda, the sweet, sensitive son of Puerto Rican parents from an immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan, rise to become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century? Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist is his incredible story as never told before, tracing Miranda's path from an often isolated child to the winner of multiple Tonys and Grammys for his Broadway hits Hamilton and In the Heights; a global chart-topping sensation for his songs in Disney's Moana and Encanto; and the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Genius Grant.
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    34 min
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