
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Insights From Imbolo Mbue and Patrick Ryan
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October is starting with a BANG. And this episode delivers. In part one, Bianca sits down with award-winning author Imbolo Mbue , author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers , winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Her second novel, How Beautiful We Were , was named one of The New York Times’ ten best books of 2021. Now, Imbolo joins the podcast to discuss her new novel, Every Story Is a Love Story , and its powerful exploration of grief, guilt, forgiveness, and healing. She shares her unconventional path to publication—including years of writing, countless rejections, and finally landing her dream agent—plus the personal experience…