{"podcast":{"title":"Writing Forward","slug":"writing-forward-7845810","podcast_index_feed_id":7845810,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting/2mMuPgtY.rss","website_url":"https://www.jeffoloizia.com/writingforward","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/fa9bdd09-8dae-4aa6-a445-160a059a3648/logos/921c9ed2-b033-46ae-9e94-edf80494804d.jpeg","author":"Jeff Oloizia","episode_count":10,"summary":"Writing Forward is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with writers from and connected to Wisconsin. Hosted by writer and former New York Times editor Jeff Oloizia, the show explores craft, identity, and the challenges and rewards of building a writing life outside the traditional centers of the literary world. Across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and journalism, each episode offers an honest look at what it takes to keep going — one word at a time. At its heart, Writing Forward asks a simple question: What if the most vital stories are being written in the places we’re taught to overlook?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:18:50.649940+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writing-forward-7845810"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 8: Dantiel W. Moniz","slug":"ep-8-dantiel-w-moniz","published_at":"2026-06-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writing-forward-7845810/ep-8-dantiel-w-moniz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writing-forward-7845810","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8e9a8d1528834ee4dba1d49ce6a08579343c14765fef250ecf881ae8856d021d/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI2NGVjNDAwYi00ZTJiLTQxOTgtYjM0My03N2M4OGFlNjIyNjMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmYTliZGQwOS04ZGFlLTRhYTYtYTQ0NS0xNjBhMDU5YTM2NDgiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2N2JjNzUzMzM1MzRhOWMzZDNiZTYwNDYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEzNzBhMTZhMjEzNmVmYjlhMzc3NGIxL2plZmYtb2xvaXppYXMtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNi0yMF9fMjMtNDUtNTcubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8e9a8d1528834ee4dba1d49ce6a08579343c14765fef250ecf881ae8856d021d/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI2NGVjNDAwYi00ZTJiLTQxOTgtYjM0My03N2M4OGFlNjIyNjMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmYTliZGQwOS04ZGFlLTRhYTYtYTQ0NS0xNjBhMDU5YTM2NDgiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2N2JjNzUzMzM1MzRhOWMzZDNiZTYwNDYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEzNzBhMTZhMjEzNmVmYjlhMzc3NGIxL2plZmYtb2xvaXppYXMtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNi0yMF9fMjMtNDUtNTcubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"Writing Forward welcomes Dantiel W. Moniz , author of the acclaimed story collection \"Milk Blood Heat,\" which was shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. In this episode, Dantiel discusses why she chose Wisconsin over Iowa, the hard-won confidence that allowed her to embrace her authority as a storyteller, and how the loss of her mother reshaped both her life and her work. Writing Forward is a conversation show exploring 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 Writing Forward on Instagram and Substack .","meta_description":"Writing Forward welcomes Dantiel W. Moniz , author of the acclaimed story collection \"Milk Blood Heat,\" which was shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3049,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/writing-forward-7845810/episodes/ep-8-dantiel-w-moniz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writing-forward-7845810/ep-8-dantiel-w-moniz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}