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In episode two of the Writing Out Loud podcast, students continue the discussion of Bedrock Faith: A Novel with author Eric Charles May. This episode digs deeper into Eric’s craft and focuses on the subject of representation: how authors portray characters from different backgrounds and communities whose life experiences do not reflect their own. The conversation continues with discussions of how characters in the novel relate to race and religion.
In the first episode of the Writing Out Loud podcast, students of Columbia College Chicago sit down with Chicago author Eric Charles May to discuss his debut novel Bedrock Faith: A Novel. Eric talks about the neighborhood where he grew up that inspired the fictional setting of the book, how he develops unique yet true-to-life characters, and ending up in a different place than he expected while writing. Eric goes in depth on several key characters from the novel, and he offers his personal strategies for countering the dreaded writer’s block.
