27: Rani Shah & Lilly Singh’s Library: From Words to Representation and Elevating South Asian Books

On the Write Track Podcast · Feb 15, 2024 · 59m

In this episode, Sarah and Emily have the pleasure of interviewing Rani Shah, a South Asian author and the curator of Lilly Singh's library. Join us as Rani takes us through her writing career, which ignited her advocacy for diverse storytelling and led her to become an advocate for brown voices. Rani delves into her personal gripes of navigating identity as a South Asian woman in the publishing world and the need for representation from different ethnicities in the subcontinent — not stereotypes and how these experiences have shaped her writing. We also delve into her role as the curator of…