TM: First off, huge congrats on the success of this worthy, award-winning book, The Light Pirate. I saw in another interview you did that you did not set out to write this story, that you were leaning in another direction. That somehow you ended up in two Florida residencies, and you were in Key West […]
Tara Lynn Masih
January 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Tara Lynn Masih is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and winner of a Julia Ward Howe Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award, and multiple Foreword Book of the Year Awards. She is the author of the acclaimed novel My Real Name Is Hanna (translated in Slovak and Polish) and editor of The Rose Metal Press […]
“The Light Pirate,” by Lily Brooks-Dalton
January 15, 2024 by 2 Comments
The Light Pirate (Grand Central, 2022) debuted less than a year ago as an immediate Good Morning America Book Club Pick. Anyone reading this sophomore novel by acclaimed author Brooks-Dalton will understand why—not only is it artfully written and carefully crafted, it takes what was once dystopian climate fiction and twists it, tornado-like, into a […]
“How We Disappear” by Tara Lynn Masih
September 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Tara Lynn Masih’s exceptional short story and novella collection How We Disappear (Press 53, 2022) presents a sprawling range of characters, unique voices, and exotic settings. Take the first story, “What You Can’t See in the Picture.” The protagonist is a woman with a most unusual career, stemming from her super power: she can recognize […]