Jan 17, 2022
Today I'm talking to Jasmin Darznik, the New York Times bestselling author of The Bohemians, a novel that imagines the friendship between photographer Dorothea Lange and her Chinese American assistant in 1920s, San Francisco. Her debut novel, Song of a Captive Bird was a New York Times Book Review editor’s choice book, and a Los Angeles Times best seller. She's also the author of The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life. Her writing has appeared in New York times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. I had the best time talking with Jasmin about writing historical fiction, the creative life, and why Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters is the Best Book Ever.
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Host: Julie Strauss
Guest: Jasmin Darznik
Note: Most of the book links this week lead to Jasmin’s favorite bookstore, the Book Passage in Corte Madeira. Please shop indies whenever you buy books!!
Discussed in this episode:
The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik
Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik
Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
Montgomery Block, San Francisco
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
The Oakland Museum – The Dorothea Lange Archive
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korleitz
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive clip
Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivan Gornick
Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
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