First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Jul 13, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 15 segments
Emeline Atwood graduated from the Michener Center for Writers in 2023. She writes fiction and poetry and is a recipient of the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, the Louis…
Emmeline AtwoodGuest
Mitzi RapkinHost
She writes fiction and poetry and is a recipient of the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, the Lewis Begley Prize, the Roger Conant Hatch Prize for Lyric Poetry, and the LeBaron Russell Briggs Fiction Prize.
Her novel A Real Animal follows a young woman as she navigates a series of three distinct romantic relationships, reckons with the false promise of family intimacy, and seeks connection with the sublime and natural worlds.
She is struggling with the effects of a sexual assault when she gets a glimpse into a different plane of existence, one that is more wild, physical, and animal.
She writes fiction and poetry and is a recipient of the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, the Lewis Begley Prize, the Roger Conant Hatch Prize for Lyric Poetry, and the LeBaron Russell Briggs Fiction Prize.
Her novel A Real Animal follows a young woman as she navigates a series of three distinct romantic relationships, reckons with the false promise of family intimacy, and seeks connection with the sublime and natural worlds.
She is struggling with the effects of a sexual assault when she gets a glimpse into a different plane of existence, one that is more wild, physical, and animal.
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