The secret to surviving a holiday dinner... you have to choose. Fuss or chew.
North Carolina author La Toya Hankins joins us to talk Black love, sisterhood, and the power of good food.
We get into all of it. Writing the South she actually lives in. The character who showed up uninvited and took over the book. Gas station snacks as a plotting philosophy. Liver pudding, fish roe, and one very important pomegranate. What to do when a third grader hijacks your computer.
STAY TO THE END. CJ makes us brave Threshing on Dragonkind. One of us bonds a dragon. One of us gets incinerated. CJ has died six times. She is not giving hints.
Did you bond or get incinerated?? Leave a comment and tell us what color your dragon is.
WHERE TO FIND La Toya Hankins
Website: https://latoyahankins.com
Books: SBF Seeking · Iced Tea Love · K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood
Find them on her website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Libby (support your library!)
See her live: Between the Pages, Fayetteville, NC, November 14
CURRENTLY READING
Andrew — still in the slump (womp womp)
Holly — Fuel the Fire (Krista & Becca Ritchie)
CJ — Always Practice Safe Hex (Juliette Cross)
La Toya — Crook Manifesto (Colson Whitehead)
ALSO MENTIONED
Zora Neale Hurston · Walter Mosley · Anne Rice · S.A. Cosby · Gail Carriger (Soulless) · Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone) · The Scammer (Tiffany D. Jackson) · Arsenic and Adobo (Mia P. Manansala) · Kingdom of Ash (Sarah J. Maas) · Threshing Day and Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros) · Dragonkind · Interview with the Vampire (AMC+) · past guest Adrian Andover · the Museum of the City of New York · Last Meals (YouTube) · Bojangles Bo-Berry biscuits, because it's Bo time
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One more thing. Holly is running the NYC Marathon on November 1 for The Book Fairies, getting books into the hands of kids who need them. Fundraising closes October 24. We are officially in the home stretch.
Donate: https://give.thebookfairies.org/fundraiser/7126101
