Shobha Rao on Not Becoming Attached

About this episode

Shobha Rao shares her insights on writing and the importance of detachment in the creative process.

Ted is joined by Shobha Rao, the author of the short story collection An Unrestored Woman and the novels Indian Country and Girls Burn Brighter. Shobha has won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and was a Grace Paley Teaching Fellow at The New School. Girls Burn Brighter was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and was a finalist for the California Book Award and the Goodreads Choice Awards. Shobha’s best writing tip? It involves figuring out when to let a piece o...

People in this episode

Host: Ted Fox

Guest: Shobha Rao

Topics covered

• writing tips
• fiction
• literature
• author interviews
• creative process

Keywords

• Shobha Rao
• writing tips
• fiction
• Girls Burn Brighter
• An Unrestored Woman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New School, Center for Fiction, California Book Award, Goodreads Choice Awards

Books & works: An Unrestored Woman, Indian Country, Girls Burn Brighter

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