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Today on the podcast, we're chatting with Sanjena Sathian, author of 'Gold Diggers,' a brilliant magical realist coming-of-age story, skewering the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition. It's also about two teenagers stealing golden items from their community to create an elixir that ignites their untapped ambitions. This debut novel by a rising new literary talent has already been tapped for adaptation to television, executive produced by Mindy Kaling. More info: https://www.sanjena.com/
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Today on the podcast, we're chatting with Sanjena Sathian, author of 'Gold Diggers,' a brilliant magical realist coming-of-age story, skewering the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition. It's also about two teenagers stealing golden items from their community to create an elixir that ignites their untapped ambitions. This debut novel by a rising new literary talent has already been tapped for adaptation to television, executive produced by Mindy Kaling. More info: https://www.sanjena.com/

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