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🗓️ 29 July 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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On this episode of The Short Stacks we have author Bianca Marais on to talk about her sophomore novel, If You Want to Make God Laugh, about three women in South Africa in the immediate aftermath of Apartheid. We discuss Bianca's vision board for writing, dealing with criticism, and the importance of own voice narratives.
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| 0:13.2 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas, and today we are joined by author Bianca Morey to discuss her |
| 0:17.8 | brand new novel if you want to make God laugh about three women whose lives intersect in a post-apartheid South Africa. |
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| 1:02.7 | podcast especially on Apple Podcasts. Okay now it's time for my conversation with |
| 1:08.7 | Bianca Maré about her brand new novel if If You Want to Make God Laugh. |
| 1:13.7 | All right, everyone, I am here today with Bianca Mire, she's the author of If You Want to Make God Laugh, which just came out in July. |
| 1:28.9 | So thank you so much for being here, Bianca. |
| 1:30.9 | Thank you for having me, Tracy. It's wonderful to be chatting with you. |
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