In this final part of my interview with Palestinian-American, award-nominated memoirist, Nada Samih-Rotondo, we covered:
- A preview of her second memoir, which has a central theme of earthquakes, both the geological variety and the personal kind (it sounds amazing I cannot wait)
- The allure of folk tales and fairy tales
- The joy of going down a research wormhole
- Nada’s current obsessions–turtle migration, and early African-American history in Rhode Island
- Getting over the very human desire for external validation
- Nada’s beautiful vision of a free Palestine
- The YA novels Nada can’t put down
- Oat milk matcha lattes (and why Nada hope they give her a green mustache at the coffeeshop)
- The perfection of a Sunday morning and navigating the kitchen when you’re the only parent home
- Nada’s favorite Palestinian dish (come to full show notes on Substack for a link)
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley