S3 Ep. 14: Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel The Book of Longings

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In this episode, New York Times bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd discusses her upcoming novel The Book of Longings, which is from the point of view of Ana, the wife of Jesus. Kidd talks to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about how alternate histories can be vehicles for silenced voices of the past, and how our present might be different if Jesus being married was part of the Bible’s story. Kidd also talks about her research process and writing the character of Judas Iscariot.

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Guests:

• Sue Monk Kidd

Selected readings for the episode:

Sue Monk Kidd

• The Book of Longings
• The Secret Life of Bees
• The Invention of Wings
• The Dance of the Dissident Daughter
• Traveling With Pomegranates (with Ann Kidd Taylor)
• Others

Others

• The work and teachings of psychoanalyst Carl Jung
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• Empire City by Matt Gallagher
• Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld (forthcoming)

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