LLW: Interview with Zaina Arafat, author of You Exist Too Much, plus His Dark Materials and Rebecca

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This week on LLW we speak to Zaina Arafat, author of You Exist Too Much, a coming of age story about a young Palestinian-American woman caught between two worlds. Zaina, an LGBTQ, Arab/Muslim-American writer, speaks to LLW about her protagonist, who struggles with her dual identity, her complicated relationship with her mother and her internalised homophobia. We also discuss how Zaina settled upon You Exist Too Much's vignette-style structure and her choice of a first person narrator. Later, we chat about why we’re so excited for the return of BBC/HBO’s His Dark Materials and have some thoughts on the Netflix adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Enjoy!