Episode 89: Interview with Author Daphne Fama

In episode 89 of Literary Prospects, we talk with author Daphne Fama about her haunting debut novel, House of Monstrous Women.

Daphne was born in the American South, embedded in its tight-knit Filipino community. Her debut novel, House of Monstrous Women, is out now. When she’s not writing stories about monsters and the women who love them, Daphne’s writing about video games. And when she’s not writing, she’s spending every minute adoring her partner and pup.

In this interview, Daphne talk about , the brutal Filipino history and folklore that inspired the novel, traveling to the far reaches of the Philippines to meet practitioners in healing and cursing, the importance of preserving culture through literature, and much more…