Episode 059 - Zaina Arafat

24/12/2021 28 min
Episode 059 - Zaina Arafat

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Zaina Arafat discusses her award-winning debut novel, You Exist Too Much. It tells the story of a young, queer, Palestinian American woman who's dealing with internalized homophobia and trying to find her place in the world. We discuss readers' reactions to first-person narrators written by women, finding humor within tragedy, and why she loves teaching a certain classic novel.