Bianca with Diana Farid on Wave

In this episode, Bianca talks with Diana Farid about her glorious
coming-of-age novel written in verse, Wave, set in 1980s Southern
California, about a Persian American girl who rides the waves,
falls, and finds her way back to the shore.


Diana Farid is also the author of When You
Breathe, published by Cameron Kids. She is a poet and a physician
at Stanford  University. She lives in the Bay Area.


Order a copy of Wave on Bookshop.org or Amazon.


Transcription:


You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review.


Resources:


Visit Diana Farid at https://dianafarid.com/.


When You Breathe, by Diana Farid


The Essential Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks


Surfer Magazine: https://www.surfer.com/


Discussion Topics:


About Diana Farid

About Wave

Diana Farid discusses the characters and writing Wave

Diana Farid talks about writing poetry

A brief chat about The Essential Rumi and Coleman Barks

Diana Farid talks about surfing as a child

Diana Farid talks about how writing and being a physician go
hand-in-hand for her

Diana Farid's hopes for Wave