Zalika Reid-Benta on becoming the "weird writer" she's always wanted to be
Kobo in Conversation
English - September 20, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBusiness Arts Books fiction audiobook author book interview nonfiction reading thoughtprovoking writer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: S. A. Cosby on finding fascination in writing a good guy
Next Episode: Michael Crummey confronts The Adversary
Nathan spoke with novelist Zalika Reid-Benta, 2020 winner of the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for her debut book Frying Plantain, and author of the new novel River Mumma. It’s the story of a young woman named Alicia, who we meet at a time in her life when things are no longer going as well as they used to. Then Alicia meets a water deity named River Mumma who tasks her with recovering a precious object—and she’s got just 24 hours to do it.
Zalika Reid-Benta on becoming the "weird writer" she's always wanted to be