Ilana Masad, Soraya Palmer, and Alejandro Varela Talk with Sara Lippmann about Maintaining a Lifelong Writing Practice
Episode notes
This special episode comes from a panel at Writing Co-Lab’s 2026 Summer Camp program entitled Maintaining a Lifelong Writing Practice. It features authors Ilana Masad, Soraya Palmer and Alejandro Varela answering questions posed by moderator Sara Lippmann about their work and career.
About the participants: Writing Co-Lab co-founder Sara Lippmann is the author of the novels Hidden River and Lech, the short story collections Jerks and Doll Palace, and is co-editor of the anthology Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Epiphany Magazine. Ilana Masad is the author of the novels All My Mothers Lovers and Beings and co-editor of the anthology Here For All Reasons: #BachelorNation’s Franchise Fascination. Soraya Palmer is the author of the novel The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts, Alejandro Varela is the author of the novels The Town of Babylon and Middle Spoon and the story collection The People Who Report More Stress.
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