Rivers have been on my mind recently with some recent buzzy arrivals on their power (from Elif Shafak to non-fiction Robert Macfarlane). Join me with author Suma Subramaniam and illustrator Tara Anand to discuss their beautiful picture book My Name Is Long As a River. Inspired by Suma’s own heritage, the story celebrates the deep connections between names, family history, and cultural identity. Together, Suma and Tara share how rivers, poetry, and personal memory shaped this tribute to the power of knowing where we come from.

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Rivers have been on my mind recently with some recent buzzy arrivals on their power (from Elif Shafak to non-fiction Robert Macfarlane). Join me with author Suma Subramaniam and illustrator Tara Anand to discuss their beautiful picture book My Name Is Long As a River. Inspired by Suma’s own heritage, the story celebrates the deep connections between names, family history, and cultural identity. Together, Suma and Tara share how rivers, poetry, and personal memory shaped this tribute to the power of knowing where we come from.

Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!

Suma Subramaniam

Tara Anand, photographed by Brittany Oxley

SHOWNOTES for Ep. 98:

Connect with Suma through her website

And with Tara Anand here

Books and other stuff we discussed on the show:

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books

Tishani Doshi’s poetry collection A God at the Door

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Amar Chitra Katha comics

Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan

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