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Ep. 1: Barrett Swanson
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- Writing Forward
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- May 6, 2026
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- 3290
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Summary
Our inaugural Writing Forward guest is Barrett Swanson: Harper's Magazine contributor , author of the essay collection Lost in Summerland , and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His new book, Equipment for Living: Notes on Selfhood after the End of the World , is forthcoming from Atria/Simon & Schuster. Barrett is also a co-founder of either/or , a magazine of fiction, nonfiction and poetry published annually out of UW-Whitewater. Writing Forward is a conversation show, digging into what keeps Wisconsin writers moving forward, one word at a time. Hosted by Jeff Oloizia. Podcast production by Anya van Wagtendonk. If you like what you hear, follow us on Instagram and Substack .