This episode with Liara Tamani first aired on October 31, 2017. In this episode, she was the debut author of Calling My Name. Her newest book, All the Things We Never Knew, is out now!
Liara Tamani Show Notes
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Girlfriends (TV show)
Courtney Summers (listen to her First Draft episode here or read the transcript)
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Alone with All That Could Happen: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom about the Craft of Fiction by David Jauss (writing craft)
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White
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