Bianca with Diana Farid on Wave

In this episode, Bianca talks with Diana Farid about her glorious coming-of-age novel written in verse, Wave, set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who rides the waves, falls, and finds her way back to the shore.

Diana Farid is also the author of When You Breathe, published by Cameron Kids. She is a poet and a physician at Stanford  University. She lives in the Bay Area.

Order a copy of Wave on Bookshop.org or Amazon.

Transcription:

You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review.

Resources:

Visit Diana Farid at https://dianafarid.com/.

When You Breathe, by Diana Farid

The Essential Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks

Surfer Magazine: https://www.surfer.com/

Discussion Topics:

• About Diana Farid
• About Wave
• Diana Farid discusses the characters and writing Wave
• Diana Farid talks about writing poetry
• A brief chat about The Essential Rumi and Coleman Barks
• Diana Farid talks about surfing as a child
• Diana Farid talks about how writing and being a physician go hand-in-hand for her
• Diana Farid's hopes for Wave