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I recently got the chance to view the first play reading for author Carolyn Huynh’s play, It’s Harder Than It Looks. Here’s how it went!
Maria the Wanted is about a young woman named Maria who works at a maquiladora and while she’s working one day, her boss sells off the employees to a group of vampires, one of which takes pity on her and turns her into a vampire herself.
Brandon Taylor tackles nearly every insecurity I’ve ever felt as a creative in one single book. In the aftermath of COVID restrictions and the George Floyd uprisings, clouding Wyeth’s creative head with questions about his art and how it fits into the world.
Cry, Voidbringer is a raw anti-war epic fantasy full of found family and the true cost of what it takes to be free.
with Madeleine Nakamura
Author Madeleine Nakamura joins Bookish Brews to discuss the phenomena of defensive writing and particularly how it manifests in diverse communities.
with Maria Dong
Author Maria Dong joins us to share about her sophomore novel, Psychopomp.
Playing Flirty is so much more than the love story between two people, it’s a love story for anyone who has ever had a dream while being stuck in corporate America. The way that Rose thinks about her game is a pure love that any creative can understand.
with Wen-yi Lee
The Dark We Know is a vulnerable and raw YA horror about living on with the memories of those you’ve known and loved. Today the author Wen-yi Lee joins us to talk about it.
with Eve J. Chung
Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong, joins Bookish Brews to talk about realizing her childhood dream of writing novels and how stories can help us push for a positive change in the world. And most importantly, how she got into writing again after drifting away from it for so long.