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PODCASTS
World-building Real-Life Cultures with Diana Rojas
Real-world cultures come up all the time in any genre of writing, but it can be difficult to world-build with something so nuanced. Host Abi Newhouse speaks with The Inner Loop's July Author's Corner spotlight, Diana Rojas, about creating stories from our own cultures.
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In this episode I invite author Diana Rojas, my childhood friend to chat about her new knitting addiction and share about her upcoming book release ‘Litany of Saints.’ We rhapsodize on the many themes of her book, including the immigrant experience in 1980’s America. It was a fascinating episode that I hope you will enjoy."
An engrossing debut that sees both the good and bad sides
of Costa Rica.
Three stories offer an intriguing look into the lives of Costa Rican characters—Ticos—as they deal with their roles in their families and society.... Read More
My Sicilian story is one of many immigrant stories told in books and movies, yet every generation, people make them new. Diana Rojas, a Costa Rican American writer now based in Washington, DC, has made hers utterly fresh and absorbing. Her debut work of fiction, Litany of Saints: A Triptych, features three novellas... Read More
Diana Rojas’ first book explores the “migrant existential identity crisis”
When Diana Rojas is asked where she is from, she jokes that she is from Connecticut, New Jersey AND Costa Rica. Relocation across her childhood is only one aspect of the struggles she describes with identity in her debut book.... Read More
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of 2024 includes Litany of Saints!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Diana Rojas has written in everything from large daily newspapers to niche newsletters, covering topics ranging from untimely deaths and school board meetings, to housing and sustainability issues. She grew up in Connecticut and New Jersey and has lived in five different countries. Diana has tried her hand at fundraising, real estate, gardening and child rearing, but despite her NYU journalism degree, she never expected to write a book. Litany of Saints is her first fiction. She lives, taxed and unrepresented, in Washington, DC.
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