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Shen Tao: The Real Magic of Words & the Poet Empress
Luke is joined by Shen Tao, the brilliant debut author behind The Poet Empress—a novel Luke proudly declares as his favorite book of the year so far!
But despite being a debut, it was far from Shen's first work. In fact, as she reveals, there were many unpublished books before it...
Shen details exactly what made The Poet Empress different, the breakthrough that allowed its first four chapters to "flow like water," how dark themes of forbidden female literacy and systemic corruption shaped the narrative, and how ancient Chinese philosophy and different views of masculinity helped…
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