Spotlight: Interview with Maria Ying, Author of "The Hades Calculus"

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Emma and Talia bring you an interview with the one-third of the bestselling author of The Hades Calculus Maria Ying, about lesbian futurism, not-so-feminist Greek myth retellings, and how the past is a foreign country (so you can be orientalist about it)! They are joined by Callisto Khan (she/her, @callistokhan.bsky.social) to discuss the Gunmetal Olympus series and the upcoming The Persephone Effect, out this January!Pre-order the sequel to The Hades Calculus, The Persephone Effect here or here.Contact usSupport the showFind more of Talia at taliabhatt.comFind more of Emma at dolphindiaires.carrd.co

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