This week on BOOKS CONNECT US, we welcome Dani Shapiro, author of eleven books , most recently Signal Fires, which won the National Jewish Books Award and Inheritance, which was a New York Times Bestseller. Alyssa and Dani go deep, discussing the intersection of memory and imagination while writing, the importance of self-identity and ancestry in storytelling and the ways in which family — both biological and found — can inform our writing styles and choices.
You can find all of Dani’s books at DaniShapiro.com | Instagram: @daniwriter | Twitter: DaniJShapiro
Books mentioned in today’s episode: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554262/inheritance-by-dani-shapiro/
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706864/signal-fires-by-dani-shapiro/
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/SLT/in-search-of-lost-time
Praying with Jane Eyre by Vanessa Zoltan: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623433/praying-with-jane-eyre-by-vanessa-zoltan/
Fellowship point by Alice Elliot Dark Monogamy by Sue Miller
Emily Henry, romcom Queen and author of the #1 NYT Bestseller, HAPPY PLACE
Haley Jakobson, author of the astute and funny OLD ENOUGH
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Chrissy King, author of THE BODY LIBERATION PROJECT
Szilvia Molnar, author of THE NURSERY
Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different
Lakiesha Carr, author of the intimate AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SKIN
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of TAKE MY HAND
Eleanor Shearer, author of the beautiful RIVER SING ME HOME
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