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Samuel Ashworth

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SAMUEL ASHWORTH is a professor of creative writing at George Washington University and a former columnist at The Rumpus. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Longreads, Eater, and Gawker. A native New Yorker, he now lives with his wife and two sons in Washington, DC. A two-time ghostwriter, The Death and Life of August Sweeney is his first novel.

March 16, 2025

Fall If You Will, But Rise You Must Featuring Samuel Ashworth and Dr. Ted Williams III

In this episode, Samuel Ashworth, Professor of Creative Writing at George Washington University, talks about his new book, The Death and Life of August Sweeney, in an innovative way. Then, Dr. Ted Williams III, a Chicago educ...