Sasha Vasilyuk is the author of Your Presence is Mandatory.

We discuss the generations of her family’s experience in Ukraine, researching a novel based in true events, how pregnancy is a great deadline for writers, and so much more.

Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.