Episode 402: Myth, Memory, and Fierce Mothering: Jennifer Givhan on The Sleeping Sisters
Author Jennifer Givhan joins DVBR contributor Kimberly Lau to discuss The Sleeping Sisters, a genre-blending novel of magical realism, crime, and horror inspired by New Mexico’s landscape and the unresolved West Mesa murders. Their conversation explores Indigenous and Latina ancestry, myth, motherhood, violence against women, cultural reclamation, and the power of storytelling to confront darkness while creating space for justice, resilience, and hope.
Jennifer Givhan is a Mexican American and Indigenous poet and novelist from the Southwestern desert and the recipient of poetry fellowships…
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