Hi, I'm Maryam Williamson, and thank you so much for being with me.

One of the most exciting things about doing a podcast is that you get to

have conversations with people that excite you, interest you, fascinate you. And it's an honor

to be able to have deeper conversations with some of the people whose works have met so much to me

personally. This is definitely true about my guest today, author Sue Monk Kid, who has in my mind one of

our very, very finest contemporary American authors.

You know, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature,

said that a writer is a government in exile.

Two Monkid takes topics of historical importance, and she turns them into stories, often about characters who actually lived, historical figures who were not just cardboard characters.

They were real, living, breathing people, flesh and blood. historical figures who were not just cardboard characters.

They were real living, breathing people, flesh and blood.

And nowhere is that truer than in her book, The Invention of Wings.

Also, another book I talked to her about in this podcast is a book called The Book of Longings.

How lucky I am to have been able to talk to Sue Monkid about those two books and her journey as an artist. And be sure to stick around after the interview

when I answer a couple of questions. You know, if you want me to answer a question, you can write to me

at Marianne atcastmedia., and I'll try to take yours.

And now, enjoy the conversation.

Sue, thank you so much for doing the interview with me.

It means a lot to me.

It's a real honor to be able to talk to you.

Well, it's an honor to be able to talk to you as well.

Thank you.

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