Ep09: Nikesh Shukla on writing to make space for other people

Summary: <p>Visit <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/nikesh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks/nikesh</a> for the show notes, including links to Nikesh's books and everything we talked about in this episode.</p><p>-</p><p>Content warning: friendly swearing.</p><p>-</p><p><a href="http://www.nikesh-shukla.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nikesh Shukla</a> is an award-winning, bestselling writer of books and television. So far he’s published three novels and two books for Young Adults, co-written a short film, written columns for The Observer and hosted a podcast. Nikesh is the editor of the essay collection, <a href="https://unbound.co.uk/books/the-good-immigrant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Good Immigrant</a>, where 21 British writers of colour discuss race and immigration in the UK. The Good Immigrant USA, co-edited with Chimene Suleyman, was released to acclaim from New York Times, Kirkus, TIME Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, and more. His new book, “Brown Baby: a memoir of race, family and home” is due out in early 2021 and can be pre-ordered now from wherever you get books.</p><p>-</p><p>This podcast is supported by Arts Council England and The National Lottery and powered by my Correspondent’s Club <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks</a>. Grab two months of free Skillshare classes on me - visit <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/skillshare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks/skillshare</a> for more.</p><p>-</p><p>Thanks for listening!</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>