Virginia Pye on Historical Fiction of the Recent Past & Infusing Joy into Tough Topics (E219)
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Kara Infante interviews Virginia Pye about her approach to writing historical fiction and balancing difficult subjects with hope.
Send us Fan Mail This week on Bookish Flights, I’m joined by Virginia Pye, author of Marriage and Other Monuments, to discuss writing stories set in what she calls “the recent past” and why she’s drawn to exploring moments of cultural and personal change through fiction. We talked about the emotional balance of writing difficult subjects while still leaving space for hope, the surprising role the river played while shaping the novel, and her path to becoming a novelist after raising young chi...
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