In this special bonus episode, author Paige Lewis joins Shruti and Neha to talk about their debut novel Canon, the story of an unlikely hero and a woman prophet who embark on a journey to win God's favor.
Paige tells us about the stories they loved as a child, how they found inspiration for their characters, and what it was like to go from writing poetry to writing a novel. We chat about epic poetry and myth (while dropping tons of great recommendations along the way!), and consider questions of good vs. evil in ancient and contemporary texts.
Texts Mentioned:
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Last Man by Mary Shelley
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
The Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad by Homer
The White Book by Han Kang
Aniara by Harry Martinson
The Tale of Kieu by Nguyen Du
The Ramayana translated by Bibek Debroy
The Mahabharata translated by John D. Smith
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Cruella (2021)
Inanna: Lady of Largest Heart by Enheduanna
The Joker (2019)
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Balloon Pop Outlaw Black by Patricia Lockwood
Mulan (1988)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Read more about Paige Lewis here
Canon by Paige Lewis
Space Struck by Paige Lewis
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