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Podcast: Books and Beyond with Bound
Episode: 4.17 Amitava Kumar: Decoding The Lives Of Writers
Description: Find out how he dives into the lives and minds of writers through his hyper-real books.Tara and Michelle chat with Amitava about his latest books ‘A Blue Book’ and ‘A Time Outside This Time’. Amitava shares how one book became the material for another. Michelle loves that his characters are mostly writers (and migrants). How did writing help him survive the pandemic? How much of his writing is based on real life experiences? What does he think about writing residencies? Tune in to find out!Amitava Kumar is the author of several books of non-ficti...