#202: Tara Menon — Writing a Debut Novel Over Eight Years, Moving From Critic to Novelist, and Surviving Self-Doubt as a Writer
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Debut novelist Tara Menon discusses her eight-year journey in writing her novel, exploring themes of friendship, grief, and the natural world.
Debut novelist Tara Menon on writing friendship as a life-shaping bond, the emotional architecture of grief, and researching the natural world for her novel Under Water.
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