Megha Majumdar on Why Any of Us Write

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 characters’ 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.

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What’d you buy?

Megha: American Harvest by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

 Christopher: Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch // The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Drew: A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer // Lexical Amaro from Interboro Spirits & Ales

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This Episode’s Recommendations:

Megha’s pick: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Drew’s picks: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia // True Story by Kate Reed Petty

Christopher’s pick: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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