Ashley interviewed LaToya Watkins, author of her debut novel PERISH to be released August 2022. The conversation includes LaToya deciding character names, the importance of saying their names, writing and researching Texas where she is from, and bringing her debut from mind to the page. This was LaToya’s first interview for PERISH.
Book content warning: miscarriage, physical abuse, incest, abortion
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This episode was edited by Rah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
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