Parenting could well be the world's toughest job. On the plus side, fatherhood's giving Nikesh Shukla some great writing material. Join us as he talks about finding motivation - both as a father and an author - and speaks openly about his frustration at publishing in a pandemic.
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Nikesh Shukla is an author, editor, journalist, podcaster and screenwriter with three novels to his name – including the Costa shortlisted debut, Coconut Unlimited. It’s safe to say he is something of a writing powerhouse: he has also authored two books for young adults, edited the bestselling essay collection The Good Immigrant (co-editing its 2019 follow-up for US audiences) AND co-founded the literary journal The Good Journal.
In February 2021, Nikesh published a new true story of his own, the book Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home, which is accompanied by a weekly podcast of the same name.
You can find Nikesh at www.nikesh-shukla.com, and on Twitter and Instagram
Link to transcript of this episode here (Google doc)
Works & Authors Mentioned:
James Baldwin, novelist and essayist, essay 'The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity.' Quote cited: 'You must decide all over again whether you want to be famous or whether you want to write.'
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author and journalist
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Nikesh Shukla, essay 'Namaste' in The Good Immigrant
Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier, Cesar's Way
Emma Byrne, How to Build a Human (forthcoming)
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Credits
- Hosts: Emma Byrne and Georgie Codd
- Producer: Georgie Codd
- Guest: Nikesh Shukla
- Socials and transcription: Beatrice Bazell
- Composer: Mike Wyer
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