{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6596d7f0482b2e001787188a/66c8a4690f3233b2d3e436b8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sofia Samatar","description":"<p>Jordan chats with Sofia Samatar (<em>The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain</em> and <em>Opacities</em>) about having two books out this year, doing everything twice (once in non-fiction, once in fiction), and her growing sense of an ongoing overarching project to her work.</p><p><br></p><p>MENTIONED:</p><ul><li><em>A Stranger in Olondria</em> by Sofia Samatar</li><li><em>Monster Portraits</em> by Sofia Samatar and Del Samatar</li><li><em>The White Mosque</em> by Sofia Samatar</li><li><em>Tender: Stories </em>by Sofia Samatar</li><li><em>Tone</em> by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno</li><li><em>Quicksand</em> by Nella Larsen</li><li><em>Seasonal Associate</em> by Heike Geissler, tr. by Katy Derbyshire</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Sofia Samatar </strong>is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir <em>The White Mosque</em>, a PEN/Jean Stein Award finalist. Her works range from the award-winning epic fantasy <em>A Stranger in Olondria</em> to <em>Opacities</em>, a nonfiction book about writing, publishing, and friendship.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jordan Kisner"}