Ep 145: Aminah Mae Safi

Aminah Mae Safi, debut author of NOT THE GIRLS YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, talks about writing hangry characters, trying to make fetch happen in a book, how fantasy stories hold an inherent appeal to children of immigrants, and how artists have to have batshit belief in themselves.
Aminah Mae Safi Show Notes
Lauren Anderson (first black female ballet dancer, in Houston)
Foucault
Reza Aslan
Inigo Montoya
Kirsten Hubbard (her First Draft interview here)
Article about foreign translators talking about interpreting President Trump
Emmanuel Macron
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Brandy Colbert
The Never-Ending Story (movie)
Winter of Fire book by Sherryl Jordan
Bachelorette (movie)
Mean Girls (movie)
The Scarlet Letter
Winona Ryder
The Crucible
Demi Moore