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S4E3- Trapping Mona Awad: Something scented with Tom Ford’s Rose Prick

S4E3- Trapping Mona Awad: Something scented with Tom Ford’s Rose Prick

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Some books tilt the world just slightly off its axis and dare you to find your footing.

This week, I’m joined by Mona Awad, author of Bunny and Rouge, whose stories feel at once unsettling and luminous. We talk about the poem she once wrote for a class, one her teacher loved so much it terrified her into dropping the course, and how that early moment shaped her relationship with risk and praise.

We wander into our shared desire to invite fantasy and magic into the real world, and the way our minds can feel like haunted houses crowded with every character we’ve ever written. We talk about long walks as part of her drafting process, the strange alchemy of revision, and the quiet power of clothing in her books.

PS. If you need us we will be under a cozy blanket watching Ru Paul’s Drag Race.

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Host: V.E. Schwab

Producer/Editor/Mixer: Jenna Maurice

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