Historical Novels and Reading Around the World with Janet Hurley (E35)
Janet Hurley was born and raised in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York before coming south to Carolina (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) for its undergraduate creative writing program. Though it took a while to replace “you guys” with “y’all”, she has lived in the south ever since, most recently in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC, where she and her husband David raised their daughter, Maren, and son, Liam.
After receiving an MFA in Creative Non-fiction from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, in 2008, Janet published feature stories and profiles for North Carolina-based magazines, Our State and VERVE. She also ran a small business, True Ink, which provided creative opportunities for young writers. In 2011, she co-founded Asheville Writers in the Schools and Community (AWITSC), a non-profit committed to racial equity and social change through the power of arts, culture and restorative self-expression. Glove Shy: A Sister’s Reckoning is Janet’s first book-length publication.
Janet’s book flight today features historical fiction novels that allow us to read around the world. From books set in New Zealand to Burma to Japan, you are sure to love this book flight. Each book is written by an author that is locally born to that country and explores the impact of colonialism on the country. This would be a lovely book flight to travel through the pages to faraway places and learn more about their history. I hope you enjoy this episode and book flight as much as I did. Happy listening!
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Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Isaac Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy
Book Flight
Tu by Patricia Grace
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Dessert Pairing
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
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