Barbara Kingsolver

Books, Beach, & Beyond

Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine

Arts, Nantucket, Publishing, N Magazine, Book, Books, Elin Hilderbrand

4.8 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Barbara Kingsolver is the Pulitzer Prize winning, #1 best-selling author of Demon Copperhead, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible. Elin, Tim, and Barbara start by telling listeners their favorite literary quotes inspired by a character in Demon Copperhead and then continue into Barbara’s origin story as a reader and a writer. They talk about the importance of setting in Barbara’s books, the Belgian Congo in The Poisonwood Bible, and Charles Dicken’s inspiring Demon Copperhead. They cover...

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0:00.0	Hi, book lovers. This is Ellen Hildebrand, bestselling author of 30 books, including Swan Song and The Perfect Couple. We're back.
0:08.6	That's right. And this is Tim Arenberg, creator of Tim Talks Books. And you're listening to Season 2 of Books,
0:15.8	presented by N Magazine. We're so excited to be back in the studio for another great season talking about the
0:21.5	wonderful world of books with guests from best-selling authors to publishing industry insiders
0:27.2	to book influencers and so much more. Because there's nothing Ellen and I love more than chatting
0:32.3	about books. And our favorite question to ask each other is, what are you reading? But we'll go even further here on this show,
0:38.9	exploring the craft of writing, the process of book publishing,
0:42.2	and that wonderful connection a reader has with your favorite book.
0:45.2	But before we head into our episode,
0:47.0	we want to take this opportunity to thank our incredible premier sponsors,
0:51.2	Nantucket Book Partners, the Nantucket Hotel,
0:56.3	Book of the Month Club, Cardalina,
1:00.7	and Triple Eight Distillery. Without their generous support, we wouldn't be able to bring you these fascinating conversations with some of the most dynamic leaders from the book world. So thank you.
1:06.3	And now, on to the show. Hi, Ellen.
1:11.5	Hi, Tam.
1:13.6	Okay, we always love to talk favorites.
1:19.1	But one thing we've never talked favorites on this podcast yet is our favorite literary quotes.
1:29.5	So while you think, I'm going to tell you, I don't think I've ever shared this, one of my favorite books in the whole world, even though I primarily read fiction, is the nonfiction book Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon. Do you know it? No. It is about parents that have kids
1:35.2	that are far from the tree. So there are chapters of dwarfism, of death, children through crime,
1:41.0	transgender. And every page in that book is like a literary quote that I like to read.
1:46.9	I think it should be a required reading for all of mankind. It's such a beautiful book.
1:51.7	Okay, I'm going to buy it. And then my other quote is from A Little Life, which is, you know,
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