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Aug 2024
42m 40s

Sofia Samatar

Jordan Kisner
About this episode

Jordan chats with Sofia Samatar (The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain and Opacities) 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.


MENTIONED:

  • A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
  • Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar and Del Samatar
  • The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar
  • Tender: Stories by Sofia Samatar
  • Tone by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno
  • Quicksand by Nella Larsen
  • Seasonal Associate by Heike Geissler, tr. by Katy Derbyshire


Sofia Samatar is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir The White Mosque, a PEN/Jean Stein Award finalist. Her works range from the award-winning epic fantasy A Stranger in Olondria to Opacities, a nonfiction book about writing, publishing, and friendship.



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