Sonora Jha
Sonora Jha is the author of three books, most recently the novel The Laughter (2023), which was named a Best Book of 2023 by the New Yorker and NPR, amongst others. It was longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize and won the AutHer Award for Best Fiction. Her memoir, How to Raise a Feminist Son (2021) has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and German. Her debut novel, Foreign (2013) was a finalist for the Shakti Bhatt Prize and the Hindu Prize and was long listed for the DSC Prize. After a career in journalism in India and Singapore, Dr. Jha is now a professor of journalism and an associate dean at Seattle University.
Sessions
03. Fiction, Faction and Uncomfortable Truths
Devika Rege and Ijeoma Oluo in conversation with Sonora Jha
09. Blame It on Eve
Sonora Jha, Cat Bohannon and Namita Gokhale in conversation with Kimberly A.C. Wilson
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