Podcasts about nayomi munaweera

Durante a faculdade, Michele Filgate começou a escrever um ensaio sobre o abuso que sofreu por parte do padrasto. Levou mais de uma década até que ela percebesse que, para além dele, o tema do ensaio era as consequências na sua relação com a mãe. Quando enfim foi publicado, em 2017, o ensaio viralizou e foi compartilhado milhares de vezes nas redes sociais por diversas pessoas, inclusive pelas escritoras Anne Lamott e Rebecca Solnit. A avalanche de respostas positivas deu ânimo para que Michele organizasse esta antologia, que oferece um olhar franco sobre as relações entre mães e filhos.Alguns dos autores não falam com a mãe há muitos anos; outros são extremamente próximos. Leslie Jamison, por exemplo, escreve sobre a tentativa de descobrir quem era a sua mãe, aparentemente perfeita, antes de ela mesma se tornar mãe. No hilariante texto de Cathi Hanauer, ela finalmente tem a oportunidade de ter uma conversa com a mãe sem ser interrompida pelo seu pai, um homem ao mesmo tempo dominador e adorável. Temos textos sobre a surdez de uma mãe (por André Aciman) e sobre a franqueza desmedida de outra (por Julianna Baggott). Melissa Febos, por sua vez, usa a mitologia para analisar a estreita relação que tem com a mãe psicoterapeuta.Há um alívio em quebrar esse silêncio em torno das relações maternas. Reconhecer que nos calamos por tanto tempo, e enfim poder ter essas conversas, é uma forma de curar nosso relacionamento com as mães e, talvez o mais importante, com nós mesmos.Com textos de Cathi Hanauer, Melissa Febos, Alexander Chee, Dylan Landis, Bernice L. McFadden, Julianna Baggott, Lynn Steger Strong, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, André Aciman, Sari Botton, Nayomi Munaweera, Brandon Taylor e Leslie Jamison. Livro: https://amzn.to/3MR0PJ1 Twitter e insta: @termineicast

Nayomi Munaweera is currently drafting her third novel. However, her first book took over ten years to write. Through dozens of revisions, rejections, and doubts, Nayomi learned the craft and never gave up on her dream. She felt in her bones she was meant to be a writer. Annmarie speaks with Nayomi about her immigrant childhood, teenage shenanigans, and what it really means to do the sacred work of storytelling.

This time around, the impetus for this discussion is Mary Anne's new cookbook, Vegan Serendib, a companion piece to her previous A Feast of Serendib, an Amazon bestseller. Friends of the show, writers V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan and Nayomi Munaweera are invited to the podcast to talk Sri-Lankan history, writers, and food in anticipation of Mary Anne's newest cookbook. If you want to find out more about Vegan Serendib, or support it, you can visit the Kickstarter Mary Anne is running at https://bit.ly/3vI4bTX. For show notes visit: speculativeliterature.org/episodes/#ep-13 If you enjoy this podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon. You can follow us on Twitter @mrahpodcast.

Episode 91 we (eventually) judge the book Island Of A Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera. We also talk about big english breakfast energy, Guy Fawkes Day, the blue boys club, taking the long way home, we still don't know what our podcast is really about, we do a bunch of radio call letters, are you a cat person or a dog person, baby Yoda, the video game Grounded, James Blackwood: Racoon Whisperer, the racoon intestine story, songs that floored you, and mirrors.

Fiction writers Nayomi Munaweera, R.O. Kwon, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and host Lauren Markham discuss both the challenges and urgency of fiction writing at this moment in time. How do we write during bleak times, and into the bleakness? How does the loss and grief of our current moment impact what we are writing about, how we write, and who we are writing for? What works or writers are we turning to right now, and how are we finding sustenance there? And perhaps most importantly, where might we be finding joy and how are we cultivating it—and what role could this joy play in our writing? This event is the first in a series of 10 events running through April 10. All authors' books available from your favorite indie bookstores, order from bookshop.org!

The award-winning novelist Nayomi Munaweera talks with us abut childhood trauma, abuse and her "spiritual toolbox" of vipassana meditation, therapy, twelve-step, and ayahuasca. Her advice to us all at this time is to be soft with ourselves, and to remember that this moment is all we have. https://us.macmillan.com/author/nayomimunaweera/ https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

We remember the great Toni Morrison through archival interviews with her, clips from the film, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (still showing in Albany and Marin), and reflections by writers Aya de Leon, Carolina de Robertis and Nayomi Munaweera, as well as a discussion between Women's Magazine's Jovelyn Richards and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield Sanders. Then we go to another iconic writer in a very different genre. Sara Paretsky, author of the best-selling V.I. Warshawski detective novels, joins us for a discussion about sexism in publishing, crime fiction in the service of social justice, and the founding of the organization Sisters in Crime. Ed's note: On learning that she would be included in a show featuring Toni Morrison, Sara Paretsky said she was overwhelmed. We asked for a comment on Morrison's influence, and she replied: “Morrison's extraordinary genius as a writer of fiction and user of language is something I admire but can't hope to emulate. What I do hope to emulate is her courage, her forthrightness, in speech and writing. One thing that has stuck with me all week is a comment by Rachel Ghansah on Morrison's legacy in her life: ‘We need to speak with clarity and not let anyone sanitize our voices and our thoughts, but also have the freedom to say this space right here is mine. And this writing is where I'm free, and no one can tell me what to be.'” The post August 12, 2019: Groundbreaking Writers Toni Morrison and Sara Paretsky appeared first on KPFA.

As people around the country prepare to celebrate Mother's Day, we contemplate the reality that U.S. women are having fewer children than ever before. What are the social conditions and personal decisions leading to this development, and how does it change our concepts of family and even of womanhood? We speak with Jenny Brown, organizer with National Women's Liberation and author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work; Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors and What Lies Between Us; and Grace Talusan, author of The Body Papers. Then we lighten it up with comics Diane Amos, a mom and grandmother (and the internationally renowned Pine Sol Lady), and Lisa Geduldig, an honorary Jewish mother. They'll be performing Thursday night at Ashkenaz, along with comic moms Emily van Dyke, Karinda Dobbins and Brandi Brandes. The post Four Non-Moms (and one who is) appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, we discuss the Books & Boba Book Club pick for March 2018, What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera, a story about a girl from Sri Lanka, and the tragic series of traumas that shape her life. It's a story about the pressures of growing up female in a culture steeped in misogyny, coming of age as an immigrant in a new country, and the tension of never feeling good enough. For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books & Boba Goodreads forums. This Month's Book Club Panelists: Reera Yoo (@reeraboo) Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh) Follow us: Facebook Twitter Goodreads Group The Books & Boba April 2018 pick is One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Sorry for the wait this month, but here is our monthly news episode for March 2018 featuring updates on new releases, publishing deals, and newsworthy stories. Don't forget! The Books & Boba March 2018 pick is What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera. We'll be releasing our discussion episode next week! For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books & Boba Goodreads group. Follow the hosts: Reera Yoo (@reeraboo) Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh) Follow the Book Club: Facebook Twitter Goodreads Group This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Diaspora writing, the importance of literary festivals and the sights and sounds of Galle are explored in the latest British Council Literature podcast hosted by Georgina Godwin. This episode was recorded in Sri Lanka at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival, and features interviews with UK writers including Sebastian Faulks & Alexander McCall Smith, as well as writers from the Sri Lankan diaspora Nayomi Munaweera & Shankari Chandran. Also featured are Jill Macdonald, curator of the Galle Literary Festival programme and Gill Caldicott from British Council Sri Lanka. Learn more: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/blog/2018/podcast-galle-literature-festival-round-up/

Jeff is joined by author Nayomi Munaweera, whose second novel – What Lies Between Us – was recently released. They discuss writing, elephants, and travel to Nayomi's native Sri Lanka, now  that the 32-year civil war has ended. We visit with musical polymath Jef Stott, and hear an original story by travel writer Lavinia Spalding.

Rachel shares with us her realization that her unhappiness could no longer be borne. She describes her method of working through her decision to end her marriage. She rises victorious and happy in her new life. Rachel also shares her excitement about her new project, SPARK: Cards for Humanity. Rachel Rosen is the Founder of SPARK: Cards For Humanity, a fun, relationship-building activity, for leaders and communities who want to strengthen bonds and believe that meaningful conversations have a lasting impact. She also currently works for an educational nonprofit, where she coaches leaders to create powerful, equitable learning conditions for their schools and communities. Rachel’s extensive training in leadership and coaching, as well as her personal experience in an interracial same-sex relationship, has shaped her deep belief that—when space is created for meaningful connection, transformation ignites, community is built, and new possibilities emerge for a more hopeful tomorrow. What was the one thing that was holding you back from accepting self love? Everybody’s influence. There was so much fear about what other people were going to think or judge. Who is one person who has changed your life for the better? My current partner, Leah. She is one of the most incredible human beings I’ve ever met. What is the best advice that you have ever received? “Listen first. Speak second.” What is your favorite self care habit? Yoga and tending to my body mindfully. I also journal my goals and intentions each week. What is your favorite quote? Cornell West, “Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” What is your favorite app or resource to help with our own for self care Every once in a while, Oprah and Depak have 21 day meditation challenges that are free. I think they are phenomenal. What book are you reading right now? What Lies Between Us, by Nayomi Munaweera.

Nayomi Munaweera's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia . It was short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Northern California Book Prize. The New York Times called the book "luminous" and Publisher's Weekly has compared her voice to that of Michael Ondatjee and Jhumpa Lahiri. Nayomi’s second novel, What Lies Between Us has been one of the most anticipated releases of 2016, having been featured on both Buzzfeed and Elle Magazines Best of 2016 lists. She lives in Oakland, California and is working on her third novel. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nayomi Munaweera is the guest. Her new novel, What Lies Between Us, is available now from St. Martin's Press.  And here it should be mentioned that Nayomi's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize. The story of that book—its arduous, unconventional road to publication and eventual glory—should be heartening to anyone out there slaving away in obscurity. Nayomi was a lot of fun. She's originally from Sri Lanka but immigrated to the States as a child by way of Nigeria. Pretty sure she's the first Sri Lankan-American author to appear on this program. Happy to share this episode with you guys. In today's monologue, I field questions from Twitter followers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayomi Munaweera is a brilliant author whose writing draws from her life experiences in Sri Lanka, Nigeria and California. The first time I met her, we talked about her debut novel, Island of a… Continue reading →

Interdisciplinary Writers Lab Tonight we bring you powerful words from Kearny Street Workshop's talented teachers and students of this year's Interdisciplinary Writers Lab. IWL is a three month, multi-genre class for local writers, challenged to expand their practice by working in a variety of genres and formats. Tune in to hear the fruits of their labor. A stellar lineup of instructors included: Chinaka Hodge (writing for performance), Nayomi Munaweera (fiction), Brynn Saito (poetry). The IWL 2015 cohort was made up of Celeste Chan, Vida Kuang, Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, Joshua Merchant, Janine Mogannam, Shelley Wong, Phuong Vuong, Helida Silva, Audrey Esquivel, Stephen Tsai, Tanea Lunsford, Irene Tu, Diego Basdeo, Hope Casareno, Paula Junn Tonight's show was edited by Justine Lee and produced by Nonogirl. Community Calendar A Place of Her Own, an exhibition that asks Asian American women, “if you had a place of your own, what would it be,” opens Thursday at SOMArts Cultural Center. Curated by Cynthia Tom, see the dreams of women brought to life through soul-inspiring sound sculpture, a forest of giant intuitive paintings, and an enormous landscape of hand-built chairs and ladders. The exhibition will be up until December 11. Saturday at East Side Cultural Center, check out the next in the Spirit of Bandung Series: Black Liberation and Third World Solidarity, presented by Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Haiti Action Committee, Black Alliance for Just Immigration. With U.S. imperialism as a backdrop, the organizations will explore anti- Black violence and movements for resistance, liberation, and self-determination. On Saturday at UC Berkeley's Herbst Field Annex Room, check out the Conference on Third World`Multiracial Solidarity and Community Engagement from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This conference, free and open to the public, will engage activists and scholars involved with the late 1960s Third World Liberation Front Strikes of San Francisco State University and UC Berkeley in issues and concerns facing younger generations. Also on Saturday there's the 8th Annual Bike Expo! Whether you are just starting to ride or have been cycling your whole life, the SF Bike Expo is the perfect venue to support those who share the same interest and passion for cycling with booths featuring vendors from fashion and apparel to backyard bicycle fabrications. It's at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, with a free Bike Valet; $10 parking for cars. The post Kearny Street Workshop's Literary Reading appeared first on KPFA.

Litquake is honored to present this live recording of the recent event "Writing Cultural Identity." Short story writers Chinelo Okparanta and Vu Tran discuss the fiction of cultural identity, migration, and the craft of good writing. Born in Nigeria, Chinelo is author of the collection “Happiness, Like Water” and the novel “Under the Udala Trees.” Born in Vietnam, Vu is author of many published short stories, as well as the novel “Dragonfish.” Moderated by Commonwealth Prize winner Nayomi Munaweera. Recorded live at Z Below during the 2015 Litquake festival in San Francisco.

Nayomi Munaweera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the age of three she immigrated with her family to Nigeria. In 1984, a military coup necessitated a third migration and the family settled… Continue reading →

Nayomi Munaweera speaks with Nonogirl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka's civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart. We'll be offering Nayomi Munaweera's novel as a gift for those of you who support KPFA during this fund drive. Tune into Apex Express on Thursday, October 3 at 7pm on KPFA (94.1 or www.kpfa.org). With Hosts Tara and No-No Girl.   The post APEX Express – October 3, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.

Nayomi Munaweera speaks with No No Girl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka's civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart. We'll be offering Nayomi Munaweera's novel as a gift for those of you who call in to support KPFA during this fund drive. The post APEX Express appeared first on KPFA.

Nayomi Munaweera speaks with No No Girl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka's civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart. We'll be offering Nayomi Munaweera's novel as a gift for those of you who call in to support KPFA during this fund drive. The post APEX Express – May 2, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.

Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, speaks to Tara Dorabji and Nono Girl from Apex Express about her book and the incidents that inspired it. Then we hear a speech given by Leslie Feinberg on the complex relationship between the Trans and Women's Liberation Movements. The post Women's Magazine – October 15, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.

Nayomi Munaweera speaks with No No Girl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka's civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart. We'll be offering Nayomi Munaweera's novel as a gift for those of you who call in to support KPFA during this fund drive.  Tune into Apex Express on Thursday, October 4 at 7pm on KPFA (94.1 or www.kpfa.org). With Hosts No-No Girl and Tara. The post APEX Express – October 4, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.