Sofia Samatar

Thresholds

Jordan chats with Sofia Samatar (The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain and Opacities) about having two books out this year, doing everything twice (once in non-fiction, once in fiction), and her growing sense of an ongoing overarching project to her work.

MENTIONED:

  • A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
  • Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar and Del Samatar
  • The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar
  • Tender: Stories by Sofia Samatar
  • Tone by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno
  • Quicksand by Nella Larsen
  • Seasonal Associate by Heike Geissler, tr. by Katy Derbyshire

Sofia Samatar is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir The White Mosque, a PEN/Jean Stein Award finalist. Her works range from the award-winning epic fantasy A Stranger in Olondria to Opacities, a nonfiction book about writing, publishing, and friendship.

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