About this episode

Tracy Kidder discusses his collaboration with editor Richard Todd in the realm of nonfiction writing.

Tracy Kidder, co-author of "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction," reads an excerpt illustrating how things work between him and his editor, and co-author of the book, Richard Todd. The full interview from this 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .

People in this episode

Host: Jim Foster

Guest: Tracy Kidder

Topics covered

• nonfiction
• editing
• literature
• writing
• interview

Keywords

• Good Prose
• nonfiction
• Tracy Kidder
• Richard Todd
• editing
• literature
• interview

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