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Sanjena Sathian - GOLD DIGGERS

Sanjena Sathian - GOLD DIGGERS

Sanjena and I discuss her debut novel Gold Diggers, the responsibilities that come with assimilation, conceptual orphans, writing the research problem she encountered into Gold Diggers, her background as a journalist, Mindy Kaling optioning her story for a TV series, and much more.

Sanjena and I discuss her debut novel Gold Diggers, the responsibilities that come with assimilation, conceptual orphans, writing the research problem she encountered into Gold Diggers, her background as a journalist, Mindy Kaling optioning her story for a TV series, and much more.

Sanjena’s recommended reads are:

  1. All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
  2. Groundskeeping by Lee Cole
  3. The Four Books by Yan Lianke

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Gold Diggers can be purchased at the Conversations from a Page Bookshop storefront.