Getting a Grip: a Conversation Between Kathy Flann and Julianna Baggott

Authors Kathy Flann ( Get a Grip ) and Julianna Baggott ( Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders ) recently got together to talk about writing, Bill Clinton, Baltimore, and ducks that sabotage your homework. Here's their conversation, starting with Julianna...

When super-agent Nat Sobel tracked me down as a newbie short-story writer and asked me if I was writing a novel, I lied and said yes. Then I wrote it and was pretty sure it wasn’t very good. So I called up my MFA alma mater, UNC-Greensboro,...