On this episode of The World is Just a Book Away podcast, James speaks with Selina Tusitala Marsh, a poet and academic, as well as the New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2017–2019.
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In our conversation, Lily and I talk about the impact reading has had on her life and childhood, how she knew from a very young age that she wanted to be a writer, and why she believes literacy is so important.
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In our conversation, Riz and I discuss the importance of reading in his life, how books and reading have influenced hundreds of people he’s interviewed over the years, and how cross-cultural reading has shaped the leaders of today.
“In many ways, I have spent my life caught between cultures.”
-Riz Khan
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In our conversation, Shobhaa and I discuss the power of words, the importance of literacy, and writing the stories of one’s own environment.
“I don’t regret smoking awful cigarettes inside shabby local cafes and imagining I was Simone de Beauvoir.”
– Shobhaa Dé
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In my conversation with Senator Simpson we chat about the importance of reading books, the impact his parents reading to him had on his youth, and the books that have influenced his life.
“If you are only interested in the life of politics, it is a barbaric existence. I also need art, music, and books.”
– Senator Alan K. Simpson
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