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The Writer's Room

September 23: Brandom Quinones & Emily Grelle

By Nancy Wiegman,
Matt Fidler
Published September 23, 2026 at 7:57 PM PDT
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This week's Writer's Room is:

Brandom Quinones

  • The Imposter and The Thief

Emily Grelle

  • Down Wind of Here
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Nancy Wiegman
Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
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Matt Fidler
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.
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