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.

11/12/2025

Susan Shepherd talks about her Best American Short Story, "Baboons" first published in The Kenyon Review. Video available now for paid subscribers. Free audio podcast drops December 1st. letsdeconstructastory.substack.com

Coming up this Friday at letsdeconstructastory.substack.comShastri Akella discusses his BASS short story, "The Magic Ban...
11/11/2025

Coming up this Friday at letsdeconstructastory.substack.com
Shastri Akella discusses his BASS short story, "The Magic Bangle," first published in Fairy Tale Review.

11/01/2025

Listen now | First published in The Iowa Review

10/29/2025

Video interview with Katherine Damm is up for paid subscribers and the audio podcast drops November 1st for all listeners on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. letsdeconstructastory.com

Shastri Akella will join paid subscribers on November 14th to discuss his Best American Short Story, The Magic Bangle. P...
10/29/2025

Shastri Akella will join paid subscribers on November 14th to discuss his Best American Short Story, The Magic Bangle. Podcast will drop for everyone on February 1, 2026. letsdeconstructastory.substack.com.

Maura Stanton will join me next! See below for more details.
10/24/2025

Maura Stanton will join me next! See below for more details.

for a discussion of Maura Stanton's "School for Robots."

Big News! This fall, I’ll be sharing my Zoom interviews with paid subscribers and members of the Conscious Writers Colle...
09/27/2025

Big News!

This fall, I’ll be sharing my Zoom interviews with paid subscribers and members of the Conscious Writers Collective, a group I belong to that every aspiring writer needs to check out, led by the fabulous writer and instructor, Maya C. Popa. Check out the upcoming schedule on Let's Deconstruct a Story on Substack.

The podcasts will still be free and available to everyone, but the second hour of the class is a bonus for paid subscribers and CWC members.

Two-Hour Workshops Fall/Winter Schedule:

During the first hour, I'll interview the author for approximately 25 minutes, and then we'll open up to a Q&A session for 15 minutes.

During the second hour, I'll give everyone a prompt or two, then we'll write and share our work.

https://www.consciouswriterscollective.com/










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Check it out! Paid subscribers are welcome to join us for the discussion on October 5th. The podcast will drop on Januar...
09/10/2025

Check it out! Paid subscribers are welcome to join us for the discussion on October 5th. The podcast will drop on January 1st.

discussing her 2024 Best Amercian Short Story.

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