What are You Reading? What are You Writing? ep. 342 with Candace Lola
- Karen E. Osborne
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
Award-winning mystery and suspense novelist Karen E. Osborne welcomes Candace Lola to discuss her haunting short story collection, Women of Glass and Other Parables. Through literary horror, gothic surrealism and Afro-divinity, Candace examines the emotional lives of Black women, transforming pain, anger, and fear into stories of strength and self-discovery.
Karen and Candace explore the inspiration behind the collection, the challenge of writing literary horror, rejection and perseverance, embracing the broken parts of ourselves, celebrating feminist rage, and the importance of trusted first readers, including Candace's mother. Along the way, they also discover they share New York roots and a connection to NYU.
Watch or listen, and discover a conversation about storytelling, identity, resilience, and finding strength in every part of ourselves.
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