Let's Deconstruct a Story

Let's Deconstruct a Story Let's Deconstruct a Story: A podcast for the story nerds! It was later adapted into a play by Robin Martin and published in The Kenyon Review Online.

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Kelly Fordon’s latest short story collection, I Have the Answer (Wayne State University Press, 2020), was chosen as a Midwest Book Award Finalist and an Eric Hoffer Finalist. Her 2016 Michigan Notable Book, Garden for the Blind (WSUP), was a Michigan Notable Book, an INDIEFAB Finalist, a Midwest Book Award Finalist, an Eric Hoffer Finalist, and an IPPY Awards Bronze Medalist. Her firs

t full-length poetry collection, Goodbye Toothless House (Kattywompus Press, 2019), was an Eyelands International Prize Finalist and an Eric Hoffer Finalist. She is the author of three award-winning poetry chapbooks and has received a Best of the Net Award and Pushcart Prize nominations in three different genres. She teaches at Springfed Arts in Detroit and online.

06/01/2026

Molly Dektar discusses her Best American Short Story, "The Bed and Breakfast," at letsdeconstructastory.substack.com. Also available on Apple and Spotify.




05/13/2026

Jim Shepard talks about writing his New Yorker story, "The Queen of Bad Influences," on letsdeconstructastory.substack.com

Congratulations to , whose short story collection, Save Me Stranger (Flatiron), won the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize! IY...
05/11/2026

Congratulations to , whose short story collection, Save Me Stranger (Flatiron), won the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize! IYay! One of my all-time favorite collections.

In this episode, Krouse discussed her short story "Jude" from the prize-winning collection with another extraordinary short story writer (and novelist), Caitlin Horrocks, and me.
Check it out!

https://letsdeconstructastory.substack.com/p/erika-krouse-caitlin-horrocks-and

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"Jude" by Erika Krouse and "Better Not Tell You Now" by Caitlin Horrocks

05/05/2026

Jim Shepard talks about crafting "The Queen of Bad Influences" first published in The New Yorker on letsdeconstructastory.substack.com

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Happy to welcome 'Pemi Aguda to the podcast .Available on Substack, Apple, Spotify or wherever you go :) letsdeconstruct...
04/03/2026

Happy to welcome 'Pemi Aguda to the podcast .Available on Substack, Apple, Spotify or wherever you go :)
letsdeconstructastory.substack.com.

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