This is some bonus content from the latest Rippling Pages Coffee Conversations. This is as real as it gets – two microphones, two writers getting real about writing! Here, Deepa is talking about our favourite Rippling Pages bonus segment, and speaks about the importance of Moby Dick.  You’ll also hear a preview of the Rippling Points podcast, a podcast for those who want to understand the ideas behind books exclusive to Patreon Subscribers. Get exclusive subscriber benefits from the Rippling Pages Patreon and become a Page Rippler! https://patreon.com/RipplingPagesPod?utm_medi   Books  Buy all the books here!: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/july-s-reads-2026?&new-list-page=true&bkshp-astro=t Rudyard Kipling T.S.Eliot  Herman Melville – Moby Dick Alexandra David-Néel Larissa Pham – Discipline (2026, Serpent’s Tail) Larissa Pham – Pop Song. (2021, Catapult Books) Deepa’s Books Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line – (2020, Random House) Letters to a Writer of Color: An Anthology (2023, Vintage Books) – edited by Deepa Anappara, Taymour Soomro, and Madeleine Thien  Chapters 0.15 – Introduction 03.50 – Deepa Anappara objects of influence 08.20 – Rippling Points preview