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Barbara Kingsolver on Why the Best Stories Break Your Heart
Original: ‘We’re Looking for Wisdom’: Barbara Kingsolver on Why the Best Stories Have to Break Your Heart
Author Barbara Kingsolver gives an interview to Oprah Daily, saying the strongest stories are those that break your heart, and that fiction is ultimately a search for wisdom. In the conversation she reflects on emotional truth in storytelling and why readers connect most deeply with books that leave them vulnerable rather than comforted.
Why now: A new interview with a major contemporary novelist offers fresh reflections on storytelling and craft.
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- ‘We’re Looking for Wisdom’: Barbara Kingsolver on Why the Best Stories Have to Break Your Heart · Oprah Daily
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