In our seventh episode, we interview the astounding Alaya Dawn Johnson! This was a fun and varied discussion about living in Mexico, 1920s-themed book parties, giant African moths, encountering WWII skulls in Japan, falling in love with New York, working in publishing, joining the Altered Fluid writing group, chiseling emu eggs, crazy writing retreats during blizzards, writing long-hand, fugue states, working with Janelle Monae, teaching in the U.S., and much more!