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Ep 89: Lilliam Rivera
First Draft with Sarah Enni
Afar - February 28, 2017 18:34 - 1 hour - 133 MB - ★★★★★ - 371 ratingsBooks Arts Business Entrepreneurship literature write book books kidlit middlegrade read reading writing youngadult Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Lilliam Rivera (whose debut young adult novel THE EDUCATION OF MARGOT SANCHEZ, is out now!) shares her first memories of walking to the library, talks about interning at Rolling Stone, the theatricality of funerals, and who wear masks (and why).
Lilliam Rivera Show Notes
DROWN by Junot Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
“Between Going and Staying” by Lilliam Rivera (an interview with Lilliam about the short story here)
Laila Lalami Pulitzer Prize-nominated
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler