144: Megha Majumdar (A BURNING) & Anjan Sundaram's BAD NEWS

In This Episode:

Megha Majumdar zooms from her library into the virtual Damn Library so that we can all talk about her bestseller, A Burning. We talk about what makes an Amaro, juggling three character's POVs, the life of an editor/writer, and the context of things online, as well as parallels of hope. Plus, we discuss the urgent message of Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram, and why any of us write.

The Ep. 144 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Megha: American Harvest by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Christopher: Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch // The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Drew: A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer // Lexical Amaro from Interboro Spirits & Ales

ALSO MENTIONED:

Tables of Contents
Forthave Spirits
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
We That Are Young by Preti Taneja
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Megha: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Drew: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia // True Story by Kate Reed Petty
Christopher: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Damn Bar