Ep. 156: Sara Farizan

Sara Farizan, author of IF YOU COULD BE MINE and TELL ME AGAIN
HOW A CRUSH SHOULD FEEL, talks about her newest novel, HERE TO
STAY, out now! Sara talks about love as a human rights issue,
writing action sequences, and why she chose not to write in
Charles Barkley’s voice.


 


Sara Farizan Show Notes


New England Mobile Book Fair


James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl


Sesame Street


The Office (TV show)


The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish


John Irving


When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (listen to her First Draft
interview here)


Maurene Goo (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here
and here)


Books, Inc. (bookstore in SF)


Reggie Miller (former NBA player and commentator)


Kevin Harlan (NBA commentator)


The murder of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and
Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, N.C.


Matthew Shepard


Stephen Curry (NBA player)


Charles Barkley (NBA player)


Daria Morgendorffer (Daria TV show)