{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpage-one.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-31-lisa-hamilton-the-hungry-season-adxbY3H7","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 31: Lisa Hamilton: The Hungry Season","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8583da00-42e9-4897-ab16-2a2d61be8a44/b8ca1a9f-0674-4291-a585-bc74a4f1bcf7/ep-31-lisa-hamilton-2.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In Episode 31, we interview critically acclaimed journalist Lisa M. Hamilton on her latest book The Hungry Season, a deeply reported story on resilience, war, and love which follows the remarkable journey of a Hmong girl who escapes her own country and a marriage to a man three times her age. Determined to find her freedom, she embarks on a harrowing journey that brings her to the central valley of California where she becomes a successful rice farmer. \n\nCritics and acclaimed authors have praised The Hungry Season for its hypnotic storytelling and lyrical narrative voice. In this episode, you'll get a taste of Lisa Hamilton’s superpower: earning the trust of her subject and how she carefully preserves the complexity of who she is, capturing the light and the darkness of one woman and her unwavering desire for sovereignty over her body, her soul and the soil she tends. Join us as we delve deeper into the journey of creating this remarkable work, the challenges of reporting across languages and cultures, the nuances of capturing the essence of a person's story, and the artistic process of crafting a narrative that resonates with readers on multiple levels. The book is not just a celebration of one woman's incredible journey for survival, it’s a potent reminder of her capacity to thrive. Lisa talks openly about the inevitable boundaries that get blurry and often disappear when you spend seven years bearing witness to and writing about the transformation in another. I hope you enjoy hearing Lisa M. Hamilton as much as I loved interviewing her on Ep. 31.\n"}