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Visiting Writer: Heather Radke

The Washington University Writing Program is proud to welcome Visiting Writer, Heather Radke, as a part of its 2024 Spring Reading Series.

Heather Radke is a writer and a Contributing Editor at WNYC's award-winning podcast Radiolab. Her first book, Butts: A Backstory, was named a Best Book of the Year by Esquire, Time, and Publisher’s Weekly, and was one of Amazon’s Top 20 Books of the Year. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The Paris Review, The Believer, Guernica, Topic, Longreads, The White Review, and others. She teaches writing in the MFA program at Columbia University.

Learn more about Heather Radke on her website, here.