Author T Kira Madden joins the Local Whidbey Podcast to discuss her new novel Whidbey. In this conversation, she shares why Whidbey Island became the setting and how landscape, isolation, and memory shape the story.
Why would someone come to Whidbey Island to disappear? Award-winning writer and novelist T Kira Madden, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, joins the Local Whidbey Podcast to discuss her highly anticipated novel Whidbey. I’m thrilled to talk to her about refuge, memory, and this island at the center of her new novel.
Madden has been widely recognized for her work in contemporary literature and has recently been featured in The New York Times and Elle Magazine as part of the national release of Whidbey. In this conversation we explore why Whidbey Island became the setting for the novel, how isolation and landscape shape storytelling, and what happens when a real place becomes part of fiction.
If you love books, writing, or Whidbey Island, this episode offers a rare chance to hear directly from the author behind one of this year’s most talked-about literary releases.
T Kira first came to national attention with her debut memoir, ‘Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls’, a fearless and lyrical coming-of-age story that became a New York Times Editors’ Choice and was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize and the Lambda Literary Award. The book established her as one of the most compelling literary voices of her generation, praised for writing that is both deeply personal and unflinchingly honest.
Beyond her books, T Kira is also the founding editor of the literary journal No Tokens, has received fellowships from renowned writers’ residencies including MacDowell, Tin House, and Hedgebrook, and currently teaches creative writing and Indigenous literatures at Hamilton College.
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