Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees. Read full biography of Sue Monk Kidd →
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 feel like we need to be aware of the ways we use and misuse religious dogma: whether it takes us deeper into love and inclusion or it separates us.
I want my words to open a portal through which the reader may leave the self, migrate to some other human sky and return 'disposed' to... →
I'm a big believer in the way ritual can put us in connection with our spirituality.
I'm always captivated by stories of women who find a way to be daring - misbehaving women.
It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.
On weekends, I sit in a lounge chair on my balcony. I love to be outside when the weather's right. I can stay there pretty much all day.
I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of... →
I vividly remember the summer of 1964 with its voter registration drives, boiling racial tensions, and the erupting awareness of the cruelty of... →
As an adolescent, I went to charm school, where I learned to pour tea and relate to boys, which, as I recall, meant giving them the pickle jar to... →
Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in... →
Due to the sweeping time frame and the voices moving back and forth, the outline for 'The Invention of Wings' was the strangest one I've... →
Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees.