Kimberly Lau
Scholar of fairy tales and author of Spectres of the Marvelous: Race and the Development of the European Fairy Tale, who discusses literary interpretation and her choice for a 'last book' on the episode.
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Apr 6, 2026 • 58min
790 Madness and Myth (with Natasha Joukovsky) | My Last Book with Kimberly Lau
Kimberly Lau, scholar of fairy tales and author of Spectres of the Marvelous, picks her last-read book and teases fairy-tale depths. Natasha Joukowsky, novelist of Medium Rare, blends March Madness, Greek myth, and Washington, D.C. life. They talk bracket obsession, mythic tones, Icarus imagery, and why averageness makes for dramatic rise-and-fall stories.
