{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65987686d411280017b30a77/6598768d015a6300177a47a0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"144: Megha Majumdar (A BURNING) and Anjan Sundaram's BAD NEWS","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65987686d411280017b30a77/6598768d015a6300177a47a0.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Megha Majumdar zooms from her library into the virtual Damn Library so that we can all talk about her bestseller, <em>A Burning</em>. We talk about what makes an Amaro, juggling three character's POVs, the life of an editor/writer, and the context of things online, as well as parallels of hope. Plus, we discuss the urgent message of <em>Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship </em>by Anjan Sundaram, and why any of us write. Zoom, there it is.</p><p>contribute! <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/smdb/memberships\">https://patreon.com/smdb</a></p><p>for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: <a href=\"http://www.somanydamnbooks.com/\">somanydamnbooks.com</a></p><p>music: Disaster Magic</p><p>(<a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic\">https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic</a>) </p>","author_name":"Christopher Hermelin"}