3 Things Short Prose Conversation with David Shields

​Hosted by Writer-ish on Substack with Darien Gee.

​​​“3 Things: Short Prose Talks” is a free, live conversation where short prose authors talk about writing and the creative process. Each guest shares three things: a selection of short prose, a prompt, and a writing tip.

​​​This 3 Things conversation is with David Shields, and we'll be talking about short prose, prose poems, collage as form, and genre blurring.

​David is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Life in Short—Art is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity, Reality Hunger (which Lit Hub named one of most important books of the past decade), The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (New York Times bestseller), and Black Planet (National Book Critics Circle Award finalist). His work has been translated into two dozen languages, and his films include Lynch: A History, How We Got Here, and I'll Show You Mine, which are streaming on Prime. His 26th book, Failure Is the Only Subject, is being published in June 2026.

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