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Shelf MotivatedEpisode 23Come for the 2024 reading review, stay for what we’re looking forward to in 2025! We navigate the vicissitudes of Good Reads vs a paper journal vs some kind of voice recorder that Sharon wants to utilize. Hear what Sarah calls “a Sharon book, through and through,” what the elder millennials are reading, and what historical fiction that Eric loved. All this, and more as we kick off 2025! Books discussed: The Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte Passage West by Rishi Reddi Books we’re excited about in 2025: Vanishing World by...2025-01-1748 min
The 7am NovelistUse Your Words: A Virtual Workshop & A Vital Call to ActionTonight, Writers for Blue is offering a special opportunity to learn about writing your first pages. We’ll have four award-winning authors, including myself, Aaron Hamburger, Nancy Johnson, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jayne Anne Phillips, workshopping seven first-page writing submissions in support of electing Kamala Harris, our first female president—and our 47th. We’ll also hear about ways you might use your words in the upcoming election cycle, including how to write politically-charged topics, canvassing, and more, from writers Charles Coe, Rishi Reddi, Daphne Kalotay, Julia Rold, and Gish Jen. All of these authors have donated their time, en...2024-09-242h 27
The 7am NovelistListener Roundup: Writing Through Fear, Making it Up, & Letting the Work Lead the WayToday, we hear from listeners Lesley Téllez, Kathy Tully, and Elaine Durbach for the last of this summer’s “Listener Roundups.” We hear about what they’ve learned from the past few episodes, what ideas they consider the most important, what questions or confusions they have, and their own advice and/or experience in dealing with the same issues. REMINDER OF OUR SPECIAL ZOOM EVENT on September 23. This is a chance for seven lucky listeners to have the first page of a piece of prose workshopped by myself as well as the authors Nancy Johnson, Aaron Hamburger...2024-08-3051 minShelf MotivatedEpisode 17This time on the podcast we span the globe! From wading into the folk tales and literary essays of Appalachia, to swimming in the waters of the Booker International Prize, books on classic American cinema, poetry in translation, and of course a cozy mystery with a glorious title. Stick around for our ever-growing list of to-be-read books and hear about the deterioration of Sarah’s email formality. It’s all on Episode 17 of Shelf Motivated! Books discussed: John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman The House on Via Gomito by Domenico Starnone...2024-05-2244 min
The 7am NovelistDay 45: The Denouement with Rebecca Rolland & Rishi ReddiUnderstanding the Denouement as well as John Barth’s idea of the “complexified equilibrium” and Jessica Brody’s “Five-Point Finale” with authors Rebecca Rolland and Rishi Reddi. Rebecca Rolland is the author of the Art of Talking with Children (HarperOne, 2022), a combination memoir and parenting/education guide that will be translated into over 10 languages. She's also a poet, essayist, and novelist, winner of the Dana Award for Short Fiction, with three poetry collections published and a fourth one coming out next year. She lives in Boston with her family.Rishi Reddi is the author of the novel Pas...2022-11-1730 min
Brown Girls ReadRishi Reddi (Author Interview)In this episode, we talk to the author of the book Karma and Other Stories: Rishi Reddi, and discussSouth Asian literature, her books and the process of developing these stories, and more!
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2021-04-1221 minBrown Girls ReadKarma & other stories, by Rishi ReddiKarma and other stories is a collection of seven short stories about different individuals from the South Asian diaspora. The three stories that we have picked portray women in different stages of their lives. Through their stories, our hosts Daman Tiwana and Khyati Thakur share their stories and experiences, and talk about gender discrimination in South Asian communities, a lot of taboos like divorce, sexual harassment aka eve-teased in India, and a lot of other issues that this book highlights.
If you like this episode, please leave a 5-star review and a comment. Follow us on Instagram @bro...2021-03-2924 min
Story Behind the StoryEpisode 15: Rishi Reddi - PASSAGE WESTEnvironmental lawyer Rishi Reddi came to prominence as a writer in the early 2000s. Her short fiction has earned her a PEN Award as well as a nomination for the Pushcart Prize, and her story "Justice Shiva Ram Murthy" appeared in the 2005 edition of The Best American Short Stories. It was also featured on NPR’s “Selected Shorts.”
In April 2020, she published her first novel. Passage West explores the lives of Indian-American immigrants in California's Imperial Valley near the turn of the twentieth century. Taking World War I and a series of laws and legal precedents targeting Asian...2020-05-0250 min
Fangirl Happy HourFangirl Happy Hour, Episode #96 – Surprises EverywhereWe talk about the Clarke Award (and its shadow counterpart), discuss The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, and Ana interviews Ann Leckie!
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Feedback & Updates; 01:22
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi
Follow Susan on Twitter: @Spindilly
The Book Smugglers: Level Up
Clarke Award; 04:27
Clarke Award
Shadow Clarke Award
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
After Atlas by Em...2017-09-1652 min
The Drum: A Literary Magazine For Your EarsIssue 56. September 2015 : Dispatch: Telangana, IndiaFrom the Shishu Vihar orphanage in Telangana, Rishi Reddi recounts her visits to the children during the holiday of Rhakhi Bandan--and to one boy in particular whom she and her daughter prepare to welcome to their family.2015-09-0805 min
One GuestRishi ReddiAuthor Rishi Reddi talks about the challenges of growing up bi-cultural in the US.
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