The DePaulia
Maeve Mollaghan, Contributing Writer|December 22, 2020
On a chilly Tuesday evening, I lock up my bike outside of Mo’s place in Lakeview, make the familiar walk up to the front porch, knock twice and let myself in. Mo real name Muhamad Faal is on his way to the door. Over six feet tall with long arms and twists in his hair, he greets me with a big, goofy smile. “Hey! I’m so excited!” he exclaims and wraps me up in a hug.
Mo is an up-and-coming rapper from Edmonds, a suburb outside of Seattle, Washington. In a few minutes, we’re heading to the studio, where Mo produces the majority of his music. The studio is his friend/producer Tyler’s apartment in Buena Park. Still, I’m excited to finally see this elusive space where Mo and Tyler work several nights a week, churning out song after song.
Reading and Writing
One of the questions people ask about is what I’m reading. I was a voracious reader growing up and that habit continued uninterrupted until I had kids. During the time both kids were under the age of two, I couldn’t finish a cup of coffee much less a book.
As the kids got older, I was able to go back to reading and did so. Then, however, in 1982 I hit another full stop as far as reading was concerned. That’s when I started writing, and I worried that reading other people’s material might somehow cross pollinate mine. I know now that was clearly a case of authorial insecurity from someone who had not yet developed her own voice and was worried about copying someone else’s.
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reporting to this fellow, aleksandr torshin, who has ties to moscow and is an important russian banker banking official. i would venture to get nat she is being managed by this guy, who it looks like to me is her handler, and maybe there are several others who are out there doing exactly the same thing. everyone says it s like an episode of the series the americans. guy lewis, we will have you back. thank you so much for helping us to explain what s going on these days. coming up, because the plot lines we follow here each night so often sound like fiction, best-selling author dan silva will be here in a moment to talk kremlin secrets and the kgb when when we come back.
daniel silva whose name can make a recipe book. you don t need my luck, but best of luck. thank you so much. thank you for having me. when we come back, warning of the politics of fear. a certain former president critiques the current oval office occupant while never mentioning his name. we are back with that after this.