Ep 145: Aminah Mae Safi

Aminah Mae Safi, debut author of NOT THE GIRLS YOU’RE LOOKING
FOR, talks about writing hangry characters, trying to make fetch
happen in a book, how fantasy stories hold an inherent appeal to
children of immigrants, and how artists have to have batshit
belief in themselves.


Aminah Mae Safi Show Notes


Lauren Anderson (first black female ballet dancer, in Houston)


Foucault


Reza Aslan


Inigo Montoya


Kirsten Hubbard (her First Draft interview here)


Article about foreign translators talking about interpreting
President Trump


Emmanuel Macron


The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books


Brandy Colbert


The Never-Ending Story (movie)


Winter of Fire book by Sherryl Jordan


Bachelorette (movie)


Mean Girls (movie)


The Scarlet Letter


Winona Ryder


The Crucible


Demi Moore