Podcast appearances and mentions of carol edgarian

Carol Edgarian, Vanessa Hua, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Jasmin Darznik Chinese immigrants were instrumental in shaping California, despite prejudice and exploitation. The connection between the two places has been fodder for amazing works of art, including the latest novels by authors Jenny Tinghui Zhan (“Four Treasures of the Sky”), Carol Edgarian (“Vera”), and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua (“Forbidden City”).

No one captures our need for sanctuary and grace better than the award-winning novelist Carol Edgarian. Her books center around our need for a fixed foot of the compass—a safe and nurturing place that shields us from the pressures of the outside world.

Although author Carol Edgarian is not a San Francisco native, she has managed to capture both the beauty of the city and the fear that comes from living in a place so frequently touched by natural disasters. Carol joins Zibby to talk about her latest novel, Vera, which elegantly blends together these two themes, as well as her Instagram Live show about the roots of different words and the work she continues to do with her nonprofit, Narrative Magazine.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/2UbQxeLBookshop: https://bit.ly/3hlHwZW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This Beyond the Book interview with Carol Edgarian was recorded at an online Books & Bathrobes event in April 2021. The in-depth book club style discussion about her most recent novel Vera is an exploration of the aftermath of a catastrophe as we ourselves are emerging from the isolation of a global pandemic. Julie Robinson and Carol talk about the overarching themes of home, of being the outsider and survival.

Greenlight neighbor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan interviews bestselling author Carol Edgarian about her cinematic and adventurous novel Vera, set during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.  Their conversation delves into the history of the event and the parallels of a society teetering on disaster and fraught with political corruption, and the possibilities of fiction to explore -- and extrapolate from -- real life. (Recorded March 8, 2021)

This week’s episode, beyond tackling the subject of displacement, touches upon the San Francisco Bay Area’s legacy—since that features so largely in guest Carol Edgarian’s new novel, Vera.

Advice to young writers from bestselling author Carol Edgarian

Narrator Kathe Mazur carefully crafts the diverse characters in this entertaining novel. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss Mazur’s talented narration of Carol Edgarian’s VERA, a riveting story set in 1906 after the San Francisco earthquake. Mazur’s rendition of whip-smart 15-year-old Vera captures her ability to see all sides of people, good and bad. Listeners will vividly imagine turn-of-the-century San Francisco, replete with scoundrels and kindly prostitutes. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com April is the month that birds migrate north to settle down for the summer. Revive in yourself that old spring feeling, the passion for wild nature, with W.H. Hudson’s Birds in Town and Village, read with an easy, relaxed tone by Neville Jason: which Goodreads called “It is unfailingly charming…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carol Edgarian is an award-winning novelist, essayist, teacher, and editor. Her novels includeVera, the New York Times bestseller Three Stages of Amazement, and the international bestseller Rise the Euphrates. Carol's articles and essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and W, among many other places, and she coedited The Writer's life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame from the Diaries of the World's Great Writers. In 2003 Carol and her husband, Tom Jenks, founded the nonprofit Narrative, a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, essays, and art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carol Edgarian’s “Vera” is the story of a strong, capable, and independent girl whose voice is the voice of the book.

Today’s author interview guest is Carol Edgarian, author of VERA. New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers an...

On today's episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan talks to Carol Edgarian about her new novel, Vera, out now from Scribner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carol Edgarian is the author of the New York Times bestseller Three Stages of Amazement and the international bestseller Rise the Euphrates, winner of the ANC Freedom Prize. Her articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and W, among many others. She is co-founder of the non-profit Narrative, a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, and art, and Narrative in the Schools, which provides reading and writing resources to teachers and students around the world. She’s also written for the screen, is developing a limited series for Three Stages of Amazement, teaches fiction, and is a frequent speaker at speaking events around the world on the art of story. Carol's newest novel, VERA, is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Vera-Novel-Carol-Edgarian/dp/1501157523 https://twitter.com/caroledgarian

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss In the Quick, Infinity Reaper, Infinite Country, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: In the Quick by Kate Hope Day I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi  Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster  Infinite Country by Patricia Engel Infinity Reaper (Infinity Cycle) by Adam Silvera The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen WHAT WE’RE READING: Space Battle Lunchtime Vol 3 by Natalie Riess The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt  The Kitchen without Borders: Recipes and Stories from Refugee and Immigrant Chefs by The Eat Offbeat Chefs, Siobhan Wallace Penny De Los Santos (Photographer) The Lowering Days by Gregory Brown The Speed of Light by Elissa Grossell Dickey Rice (Savor the South Cookbooks) by Michael W. Twitty The Snatch Racket: The Kidnapping Epidemic That Terrorized 1930s America by Carolyn Cox Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir by Hari Ziyad Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility by Myriam Steinberg, Christache Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding by Larry Olmsted  Vera by Carol Edgarian   The Queen’s Secret by Melissa de la Cruz The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir by Sherry Turkle  Abundance by Jakob Guanzon Too Small by Tola Atinuke, Onyinye Iwu But You’re Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood by Kayleen Schaefer  Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent by Katherine Angel One Step to You by Federico Moccia, Antony Shugaar (translator)  Mirror Lake by Andrée A. Michaud, J. C. Sutcliffe (translator)  Laxmi’s Mooch by Shelly Anand and Nabi H. Ali A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America’s Wildest Peak by Patrick Dean Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria’s Missing Schoolgirls by Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw The Memory Thief: Thirteen Witches by Jodi Lynn Anderson An Unexpected Peril (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery ) by Deanna Raybourn Spilt Milk by Courtney Zoffness Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All by Laura Bates Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell  Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter Decoding “Despacito”: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo  Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan The Bright and the Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski  Bridge of Souls (City of Ghosts #3) by Victoria Schwab The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGaudio We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News by Eliot Higgins Covet (Crave 3) by Tracy Wolff  Later by Stephen King  Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo Machinehood by S.B. Divya The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World by Jayne Zanglein The Scapegoat by Sara Davis A History of Scars: A Memoir by Laura Lee The Salt in Our Blood by Ava Morgyn Flight: A Novel of a Daring Escape During World War II by Vanessa Harbour A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me―and You by Leslie Lehr Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape, and Home by Alexander Wolff The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner  Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay  Float Plan by Trish Doller   Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft  The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren Foregone by Russell Banks Justine by Forsyth Harmon The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig Oslo, Maine by Marcia Butler The Stolen Kingdom by Jillian Boehme Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi More Than You Can Handle: A Rare Disease, A Family in Crisis, and the Cutting-Edge Medicine That Cured the Incurable by Miguel Sancho The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa Sheinmel Antonio by Beatriz Bracher, Adam Morris (translator) The High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou, Sharmila Cohen (translator) The Northern Reach by W.S. Winslow You’re Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility by Annabelle Gurwitch Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer by Jamie Figueroa A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan Book 2) by Arkady Martine  Forget Me Not by Alexandra Oliva Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira The Conductors by Nicole Glover Dead Space by Kali Wallace Lightseekers by Femi Kayode The Restoration of Celia Fairchild by Marie Bostwick  Feelings: A Story in Seasons by Manjit Thapp  A Game of Cones (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery) by Abby Collette Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi  Good Eggs by Rebecca Hardiman The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie talks with NYT bestselling author Carol Edgarian about her latest novel, Vera, set before, during, and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake—an event that also shows up in Charlie's novel Escaping Dreamland. They discuss not just earthquakes but racism, powerful women, the way disasters shape us and challenge us, how we learn from our characters, Enrico Caruso, and what Carol calls "the wrong rightness of characters."

Ann Beattie is known for casting a gimlet eye on her generation’s ambivalence and ambition. “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck,” her 21st book, explores the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students and the secrets people keep from those they love. She’ll talk with her friend Carol Edgarian, author, publisher and cofounder of Narrative. With the support of Women Lit Members.

Orhan's Inheritance (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)  In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters--a young man ignorant of his family's and his country's past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life. When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather Kemal--a man who built a dynasty out of making "kilim" rugs--is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But Kemal's will raises more questions than it answers. He has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in an Armenian retirement home in Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her past only deepen the mystery of why Orhan's grandfather willed his home in Turkey to an unknown woman rather than to his own son or grandson. Left with only Kemal's ancient sketchbook and intent on righting this injustice, Orhan boards a plane to Los Angeles. There he will not only unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards but discover that Seda's past now threatens to unravel his future. Her story, if told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which his family has been built. Moving back and forth in time, between the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the 1990s, Orhan's Inheritance is a story of passionate love, unspeakable horrors, incredible resilience, and the hidden stories that can haunt a family for generations. Praise for Orhan's Inheritance: "Aline Ohanesian draws from her family's own dark history to create a tender, powerful story of love and reclamation.Orhan's Inheritance is a breathtaking and expansive work of historical fiction and proof that the past can sometimes rewrite the future." --Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train “A harrowing tale of unimaginable sacrifice...A novel that delves into the darkest corners of human history and emerges with a tenuous sense of hope.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review “To take the tumultuous history of Turks and Armenians in the early part of this century, and to tell the stories of families and lovers from the small everyday moments of life to the terrible journeys of death, to make a novel so engrossing and keep us awake - that is an accomplishment, and Aline Ohanesian's first novel is such a wonderful accomplishment.” - Susan Straight, author of Highwire Moon “Readers who were moved by the work of Carol Edgarian, Mark Mustian, and Nancy Kricorian will appreciate the historical authenticity and passion that Aline Ohanesian brings to this story of the Armenian Genocide. Orhan's Inheritance is heartfelt and sincere.”— Chris Bohjalian, author of The Sandcastle Girls “From its first startling image, Orhan's Inheritance will seep under your skin and leave an indelible mark upon your heart. What lucky readers we are to inherit Aline Ohanesian's gorgeous work.” —Gayle Brandeis, author of Delta Girls “Orhan's Inheritance is a remarkable debut from an important new voice. It tells us things we thought we knew and shows us we had no idea. Beautiful and terrible and, finally, indelible.” – Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Queen of America Aline Ohanesian's great-grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Her history was the kernel for the story that Ohanesian tells in her first novel, Orhan's Inheritance. Ohanesian was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction and "Glimmer Train"'s Short Story Award for New Writers. Born in Northridge, California, she lives and writes in San Juan Capistrano, California, with her husband and two young sons. Her website is www.alineohanesian.com.

Carol Edgarian is an author, editor, and publisher. Her novels include the New York Times bestseller “Three Stages of Amazement” and the international bestseller “Rise the Euphrates.” Edgarian and her husband, editor and writer Tom Jenks, founded the non-profit magazine Narrative which publishes more than three hundred artists each year. She speaks to an audience at UC Berkeley. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23310]

Carol Edgarian is an author, editor, and publisher. Her novels include the New York Times bestseller “Three Stages of Amazement” and the international bestseller “Rise the Euphrates.” Edgarian and her husband, editor and writer Tom Jenks, founded the non-profit magazine Narrative which publishes more than three hundred artists each year. She speaks to an audience at UC Berkeley. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23310]

Rise the Euphrates The Armenian genocide provides the background for this multi-generational first-novel.