How do anime and television inspire books? How do you use those comparisons to handsell books in bookstores? Should you watch Steins;Gate—and is Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood really as good as everybody says?
In our second episode of season three, join Lily Rugo from The Harvard Book Store as she sits down in conversation with author Fonda Lee to talk about the sometimes visual nature of fantasy stories and how comparing them with media properties can sell books.
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BOOKS & BOBA EPISODE: booksandboba.com/2021/12/15/164-author-chat-w-fonda-lee/
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Edited by Rebecca Speas and Nicole Brinkley. Logo by Jean Michel. Music by Mark Shwedow.