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You Have to Work Really Hard - Kai Harris Tells the Story of What the Fireflies Knew - Episode 1
Season 1
Episode 1
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
Description
In this episode, Dr. Kai Harris tells the story of her debut novel What the Fireflies Knew. We talk about:
- embracing your own voice and material when writing
- drafting a novel in a month while caring for a newborn (!!)
- querying
- working with an agent
- getting a book deal
- celebrating publication
- the recurrent themes in Kai's work
- the universality of the Black experience
Get a copy of What the Fireflies Knew on bookshop.org here!