Kim and I discuss Love & Saffron, her personal inspiration for the book, drafting an epistolary novel, writing letters on a typewriter, capturing the way food brings people together, how working at a bookstore impacted her writing. and much more.
Kim’s recommended reads are:
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Wedding by Dorothy West
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
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