I Always Start with Story with Pablo Cartaya and Ray Brunt

For Episode Two of Season Five, Ray Brunt joins Courtney once more to talk with Pablo Cartaya.

Pablo is the award-winning author of several books for children and young adults, as well as a screenwriter, speaker, and educator. His debut novel, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, published in 2017. His latest novel, The Last Beekeeper, a climate dystopia, published in July of 2022.

Today’s topics include authenticity, voice, creative process, community, family, culture, identity, pandemic parenting, environmental responsibility, unions, and the literary adoration of abuelas.

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