About Sue Monk Kidd: Sue Monk Kidd is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees.
I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.
I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in.
I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed pretty early with a book, and I read until I can't prop my eyes open anymore - sometimes rather late.
Every writer has their rituals. For me, it's morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna hung over my desk, and quite a few pictures of Mary around me for inspiration.
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take ...
My stories have a deep spiritual core because I have a deep desire to understand things of the spirit, but yet I don't think I've written these stories from any kind of specific religious agenda because I don't think that would work.
Gender and race got very entwined in the 19th century, as abolition broke out, and then women wanted the right to speak about it.
I'm always captivated by stories of women who find a way to be daring - misbehaving women.
