Today I'm talking to Jasmin Darznik, the New York Times bestselling author of The Bohemians, a novel that imagines the friendship between photographer Dorothea Lange and her Chinese American assistant in 1920s, San Francisco. Her debut novel, Song of a Captive Bird was a New York Times Book Review editor’s choice book, and a Los Angeles Times best seller. She's also the author of The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life. Her writing has appeared in New York times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. I had the best time talking with Jasmin about writing historical fiction, the creative life, and why Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters is the Best Book Ever. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Jasmin Darznik Instagram/Facebook/Website Note: Most of the book links this week lead to Jasmin’s favorite bookstore, the Book Passage in Corte Madeira. Please shop indies whenever you buy books!! Discussed in this episode: The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon Montgomery Block, San Francisco Mary Karr Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters Book Passage in Corte Madeira The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Fingersmith by Sarah Waters The Oakland Museum – The Dorothea Lange Archive The Plot by Jean Hanff Korleitz The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive clip Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivan Gornick Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast. (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you’re shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestbookeverpodcast.substack.com

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