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  Nayomi Munaweera is the award-winning author of novels “Island of a Thousand Mirrors” and “What Lies Between Us”. She has been named one of “Twelve Women of Color Writers You Need to Know” by Bustle Magazine and “One of the Asian American Women Writers Who are Going to Change the World” by Electric Literature. Nayomi talks about her Sri Lankan mom Upamali who first immigrated to Nigeria and then to the USA, where she founded and successfully ran Montessori schools. We learn about how important it is to hear our mother’s (or anyone’s) story, about divorce and finding new happiness in one’s 60s,  about the resilience of South Asian immigrants in the US, and about arranged marriages.  Nayomi also talks about the civil war in Sri Lanka, about patriarchy and healing our mother-wound. She shares her enlightening experience with ayahuasca, which lead her not only to appreciate her mother but also to feel the urgency of honoring and healing Mother Earth.  For more about Nayomi and her work, please visit her website.  To contact Ana, to be a guest, or suggest a guest, please send your mail to: info@thankyoumama.net For more about “Thank You, Mama" and to subscribe to the newsletter, please visit: http://www.thankyoumama.net To connect with Ana on social media: https://www.instagram.com/anatajder/ https://www.facebook.com/ana.tajder https://www.linkedin.com/in/anatajder/ https://twitter.com/tajder

Nayomi Munaweera is the award-winning author of novels “Island of a Thousand Mirrors” and “What Lies Between Us”. She has been named one of “Twelve Women of Color Writers You Need to Know” by Bustle Magazine and “One of the Asian American Women Writers Who are Going to Change the World” by Electric Literature. Nayomi talks about her Sri Lankan mom Upamali who first immigrated to Nigeria and then to the USA, where she founded and successfully ran Montessori schools. We learn about how important it is to hear our mother’s (or anyone’s) story, about divorce and finding new happiness in one’s 60s,  about the resilience of South Asian immigrants in the US, and about arranged marriages.  Nayomi also talks about the civil war in Sri Lanka, about patriarchy and healing our mother-wound. She shares her enlightening experience with ayahuasca, which lead her not only to appreciate her mother but also to feel the urgency of honoring and healing Mother Earth. For more about Nayomi and her work, please visit her <a href="https://www.nayomimunaweera.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.  To contact Ana, to be a guest, or suggest a guest, please send your mail to: info@thankyoumama.net For more about “Thank You, Mama" and to subscribe to the newsletter, please visit: <a href="http://www.tajder.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thankyoumama.net</a> To connect with Ana on social media: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anatajder/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/anatajder/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ana.tajder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ana.tajder</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anatajder/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/anatajder/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tajder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tajder</a>

Hearing Your Mother's Story: Nayomi Munaweera on healing the mother-daughter relationship, listening to people's stories and finding happiness.

Nayomi Munaweera is currently drafting her third novel. However, her first book took over ten years to write. Through dozens of revisions, rejections, and doubts, Nayomi learned the craft and never gave up on her dream. She felt in her bones she was meant to be a writer. Annmarie speaks with Nayomi about her immigrant childhood, teenage shenanigans, and what it really means to do the sacred work of storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayomi Munaweera is currently drafting her third novel. However, her first book took over ten years to write. Through dozens of revisions, rejections, and doubts, Nayomi learned the craft and never gave up on her dream. She felt in her bones she was meant to be a writer. Annmarie speaks with Nayomi about her immigrant childhood, teenage shenanigans, and what it really means to do the sacred work of storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Chase Your Dreams with Nayomi Munaweera

https://readinginecuador.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/read-the-world-island-of-a-thousand-mirrors-by-nayomi/  Youtube channel in spanish www.youtube.com/JoReason

<a href="https://readinginecuador.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/read-the-world-island-of-a-thousand-mirrors-by-nayomi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://readinginecuador.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/read-the-world-island-of-a-thousand-mirrors-by-nayomi/</a> Youtube channel in spanish <a href="http://www.youtube.com/JoReason" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/JoReason</a>

Read the World –Country 18 - Sri Lanka Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera

The award-winning novelist Nayomi Munaweera talks with us abut childhood trauma, abuse and her "spiritual toolbox" of vipassana meditation, therapy, twelve-step, and ayahuasca. Her advice to us all at this time is to be soft with ourselves, and to remember that this moment is all we have. https://us.macmillan.com/author/nayomimunaweera/ https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

The award-winning novelist Nayomi Munaweera talks with us abut childhood trauma, abuse and her "spiritual toolbox" of vipassana meditation, therapy, twelve-step, and ayahuasca. Her advice to us all at this time is to be soft with ourselves, and to remember that this moment is all we have. <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/author/nayomimunaweera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us.macmillan.com/author/nayomimunaweera/</a> <a href="https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index</a>

Blissful Thinking #3: Nayomi Munaweera - "Life is This Moment"

In this episode, we discuss the Books &amp; Boba Book Club pick for March 2018, What Lies Between Us  by Nayomi Munaweera, a story about a girl from Sri Lanka, and the tragic series of traumas that shape her life. It's a story about the pressures of growing up female in a culture steeped in misogyny, coming of age as an immigrant in a new country, and the tension of never feeling good enough. For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books &amp; Boba Goodreads forums. This Month's Book Club Panelists:  Reera Yoo (@reeraboo) Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)  Follow us:  Facebook Twitter Goodreads Group  The Books &amp; Boba April 2018 pick is One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective Mentioned in this episode:Books &amp; Boba started a Patreon!After 6 and a half years, Books &amp; Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books &amp; Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. Help us grow the book club so we can support more books written by Asian diaspora authors!  The Books &amp; Boba Patreon has 2 membership tiers, our “Regular Boba” tier at $3 a month which gives you access to the brand new Books &amp; Boba members-only discord server, and the “Honey Boba” premium tier which comes with discord access as well as access to our new “Boba Chat” podcast where Marvin and Reera chat about non-book related things as well as answer member questions.  Check out our patreon at patreon.com/booksandbobaPatreon

In this episode, we discuss the Books &amp; Boba Book Club pick for March 2018, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663781-what-lies-between-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Lies Between Us</a> by Nayomi Munaweera, a story about a girl from Sri Lanka, and the tragic series of traumas that shape her life. It's a story about the pressures of growing up female in a culture steeped in misogyny, coming of age as an immigrant in a new country, and the tension of never feeling good enough. For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books &amp; Boba Goodreads forums</a>. This Month's Book Club Panelists: <ul> <li>Reera Yoo (<a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@reeraboo</a>)</li> <li>Marvin Yueh (<a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@marvinyueh</a>)</li> </ul> Follow us: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads Group</a></li> </ul> The Books &amp; Boba April 2018 pick is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30658435-one-day-we-ll-all-be-dead-and-none-of-this-will-matter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter</a> by Scaachi Koul This podcast is part of <a href="http://podcastpotluck.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective</a> Mentioned in this episode:Books &amp; Boba started a Patreon!After 6 and a half years, Books &amp; Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books &amp; Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. Help us grow the book club so we can support more books written by Asian diaspora authors! The Books &amp; Boba Patreon has 2 membership tiers, our “Regular Boba” tier at $3 a month which gives you access to the brand new Books &amp; Boba members-only discord server, and the “Honey Boba” premium tier which comes with discord access as well as access to our new “Boba Chat” podcast where Marvin and Reera chat about non-book related things as well as answer member questions. Check out our patreon at <a href="http://patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/booksandboba</a><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/patreon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>

#42 - What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera

Jeff is joined by author Nayomi Munaweera, whose second novel – What Lies Between Us – was recently released. They discuss writing, elephants, and travel to Nayomi’s native Sri Lanka, now  that the 32-year civil war has ended. We visit with musical polymath Jef Stott, and hear an original story by travel writer Lavinia Spalding.

Jeff is joined by author Nayomi Munaweera, whose second novel – What Lies Between Us – was recently released. They discuss writing, elephants, and travel to Nayomi’s native Sri Lanka, now  that the 32-year civil war has ended. We visit with musical polymath Jef Stott, and hear an original story by travel writer Lavinia Spalding.

ET Podcast Episode 5 with Nayomi Munaweera

Nayomi Munaweera's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia . It was short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Northern California Book Prize. The New York Times called the book "luminous" and Publisher's Weekly has compared her voice to that of Michael Ondatjee and Jhumpa Lahiri. Nayomi’s second novel, What Lies Between Us has been one of the most anticipated releases of 2016, having been featured on both Buzzfeed and Elle Magazines Best of 2016 lists. She lives in Oakland, California and is working on her third novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nayomi Munaweera's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia . It was short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Northern California Book Prize. The New York Times called the book "luminous" and Publisher's Weekly has compared her voice to that of Michael Ondatjee and Jhumpa Lahiri. Nayomi’s second novel, What Lies Between Us has been one of the most anticipated releases of 2016, having been featured on both Buzzfeed and Elle Magazines Best of 2016 lists. She lives in Oakland, California and is working on her third novel. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 008: Nayomi Munaweera

Nayomi Munaweera is the guest. Her new novel, What Lies Between Us, is available now from St. Martin's Press.  And here it should be mentioned that Nayomi's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize. The story of that book—its arduous, unconventional road to publication and eventual glory—should be heartening to anyone out there slaving away in obscurity. Nayomi was a lot of fun. She's originally from Sri Lanka but immigrated to the States as a child by way of Nigeria. Pretty sure she's the first Sri Lankan-American author to appear on this program. Happy to share this episode with you guys. In today's monologue, I field questions from Twitter followers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayomi Munaweera is the guest. Her new novel, What Lies Between Us, is available now from St. Martin's Press.  And here it should be mentioned that Nayomi's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize. The story of that book—its arduous, unconventional road to publication and eventual glory—should be heartening to anyone out there slaving away in obscurity. Nayomi was a lot of fun. She's originally from Sri Lanka but immigrated to the States as a child by way of Nigeria. Pretty sure she's the first Sri Lankan-American author to appear on this program. Happy to share this episode with you guys. In today's monologue, I field questions from Twitter followers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 414 — Nayomi Munaweera

Nayomi Munaweera is a brilliant author whose writing draws from her life experiences in Sri Lanka, Nigeria and California. The first time I met her, we talked about her debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, which made waves across South Asia with its insight into life in Sri Lanka wartime. She returned to Portland with her second novel, What Lies Between Us. This is a powerful story of one woman’s tragedy in marriage and motherhood as impacted by war. When Nayomi came to Portland, we sat down at Powell’s City of Books to chat about the process of writing about motherhood (all of the beauty and all of the ugly) and her thoughts on how mothers are treated in the US. We also discussed her recent appearance at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka and how to heal a nation using the literary arts, after a decades-long ethnic war This interview was featured for the March 23, 2016 episode of Intersections Radio. Check out the podcast!  Air date: 3/23/2016 https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/nayomimunaweera_xray.mp3 **You can read a transcript of the interview: 032716 Intersections with Nayomi Munaweera transcript

<a href="https://sarikadmehta.com/2014/12/13/nayomi-munaweera-island-of-a-thousand-mirrors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nayomi Munaweera</a> is a brilliant author whose writing draws from her life experiences in Sri Lanka, Nigeria and California. <a href="https://sarikadmehta.com/2014/12/13/nayomi-munaweera-island-of-a-thousand-mirrors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The first time I met her</a>, we talked about her debut novel, <a href="http://www.nayomimunaweera.com/#!books/cjg9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Island of a Thousand Mirrors</a>, which made waves across South Asia with its insight into life in Sri Lanka wartime. She returned to Portland with her second novel, <a href="http://www.nayomimunaweera.com/#!books/cjg9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Lies Between Us</a>. This is a powerful story of one woman’s tragedy in marriage and motherhood as impacted by war. When Nayomi came to Portland, we sat down at Powell’s City of Books to chat about the process of writing about motherhood (all of the beauty and all of the ugly) and her thoughts on how mothers are treated in the US. We also discussed her recent appearance at the<a href="http://www.galleliteraryfestival.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Galle Literary Festival </a>in Sri Lanka and how to heal a nation using the literary arts, after a decades-long ethnic war This interview was featured for the <a href="https://intersectionsradio.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/war-and-the-power-of-story-telling/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">March 23, 2016 episode of Intersections Radio</a>. Check out the podcast!  Air date: 3/23/2016 <a href="https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/nayomimunaweera_xray.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/nayomimunaweera_xray.mp3</a> **You can read a transcript of the interview: <a href="https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/032716-intersections-with-nayomi-munaweera-transcript.odt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">032716 Intersections with Nayomi Munaweera transcript</a>

Nayomi Munaweera: What Lies Between Us

Nayomi Munaweera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the age of three she immigrated with her family to Nigeria. In 1984, a military coup necessitated a third migration and the family settled in Southern California. Island of A Thousand Mirrors was initially published in South Asia in 2012. It went on to be nominated for many of the sub-continent’s major literary prizes and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia. The novel was released in America by St. Martin’s Press in 2014. Island of a Thousand Mirrors is Nayomi’s debut novel and follows the lives of Tamil and Sinhalese families amidst the war in Sri Lanka. I had the pleasure of speaking with Nayomi during her visit to Portland for an author reading. She stopped by KBOO Community Radio and we talked about the war in Sri Lanka, the ten years she spent writing Island of a Thousand Mirrors and her adventures in publishing, both in Sri Lanka and in the US. This interview was featured on KBOO Community Radio’s literary program, Between the Covers. Check out the podcast! **This interview features music by the Vijay Iyer Trio! Photo by Nathaniel Francesco Trimboli Air date: 12/11/2014 https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/btc_nayomimunaweera_podcast.mp3

<a href="https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/19286587.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.nayomimunaweera.com/#!bio/c14o2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nayomi Munaweera</a> was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the age of three she immigrated with her family to Nigeria. In 1984, a military coup necessitated a third migration and the family settled in Southern California. <a href="http://www.nayomimunaweera.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Island of A Thousand Mirrors</a> was initially published in South Asia in 2012. It went on to be nominated for many of the sub-continent’s major literary prizes and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia. The novel was released in America by St. Martin’s Press in 2014. Island of a Thousand Mirrors is Nayomi’s debut novel and follows the lives of Tamil and Sinhalese families amidst the war in Sri Lanka. I had the pleasure of speaking with Nayomi during her visit to Portland for an author reading. She stopped by KBOO Community Radio and we talked about the war in Sri Lanka, the ten years she spent writing Island of a Thousand Mirrors and her adventures in publishing, both in Sri Lanka and in the US. This interview was featured on KBOO Community Radio’s literary program, <a href="http://kboo.fm/content/nayomim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Between the Covers</a>. Check out the podcast! **This interview features music by the Vijay Iyer Trio! Photo by Nathaniel Francesco Trimboli Air date: 12/11/2014 <a href="https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/btc_nayomimunaweera_podcast.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sarikadmehta.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/btc_nayomimunaweera_podcast.mp3</a>