Tamika Christy, ROUX

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this special episode of the podcast (a live event at Zibby’s Bookshop!), Gabi Conti interviews award-winning author Tamika Christy about ROUX, a stunning and challenging novel about three generations of an African American family, and the traumas, secrets, and battles they endure. Tamika discusses her book’s themes, from family dynamics to healing, and then describes her writing process, mainly focusing on character development and maintaining authenticity. After sharing her thoughts on potential adaptations of her book, she answers questions from the audience.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop
0:40.3	at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to
0:47.0	enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in
0:53.3	2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is
0:56.1	basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Tamika Christie is the author of Rue. Award-winning
1:06.6	author and Bay Area Native, Tamika has published two books, anytime soon and never too soon.
1:12.5	She began writing at an early age, prompted by the gift of a journal for Christmas.
1:16.5	With pen in hand, she continued writing throughout college, where she realized her talent for
1:20.2	creating intriguing plots and multidimensional characters. Tamika continued to nurture her
1:24.7	love for writing while attending law school, where she gave birth to her first novel anytime soon. Now as a practicing attorney, Tamika still devotes time to her love of writing. Hello. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Zibis. I'm Gabi Conti, and I am so excited to be here with Tamika Christie. Her new book, you can pre-order it now. Yes, sweet. And it's so good. I got it.
1:47.2	This is my advanced copy that I got to read. And I love it so much. And I also read her book,
1:52.4	never too soon. But we'll focus this conversation on Rue. So everyone watching at home and here
1:57.9	can find out about it and definitely get that pre-order. When does it come out again?
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