Podcast Available: CDS Writer in Residence Duncan Murrell Discusses Life and Writing on WUNC’s “The State of Things”

Murrell at work during a residency at Yaddo. Photograph by Bari Pearlman.

CDS Writer in Residence Duncan Murrell was the guest on WUNC’s (91.5 FM) “The State of Things” on December 5 with host Frank Stasio. Besides CDS and its documentary writing program, the wide-ranging discussion touched on . . . military service, New Orleans, termites, and bow hunting, among other topics.

Duncan Murrell on “The State of Things”

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Murrell is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine and The Normal School, whose work has also appeared in Guernica, The Oxford American, Southern Cultures, and many other publications. He was an editor at Algonquin Books, where he acquired and edited several national bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction.

Murrell will be teaching an undergraduate Documentary Writing Workshop in spring 2012 with writer Kelly Alexander and a continuing education advanced nonfiction writing workshop with former Harper’s Magazine editor-in-chief Roger Hodge in August 2012.

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POSTED: 12/2/11 11:01 AM
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TAGS: Algonquin Books • Duncan Murrell • Faculty and Staff News • Frank Stasio • Guernica • Harper's Magazine • Kelly Alexander • Roger Hodge • Southern Cultures Magazine • The Normal School • The Oxford American • The State of Things • WUNC