Renowned author Kate DiCamillo explores the intertwining themes of joy and sorrow in life, highlighting empathy and understanding. She discusses the art of interviewing fiction writers, childhood reflections, honoring children's resilience, and the power of storytelling for the young. Delve into her works and the importance of shared reading experiences.
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Geographical Cure
Kate DiCamillo's childhood pneumonia led to a move from Philadelphia to Florida.
This move felt like Alice in Wonderland, with unique attractions and a storytelling culture.
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A Move and its Hidden Truths
The move to Florida also meant leaving DiCamillo's father, a fact hidden from her at the time.
She later realized the move was beneficial for her family's well-being.
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Children's Innate Wisdom
Children possess an innate understanding of the world's complexities, both good and bad.
DiCamillo's writing acknowledges this, resonating with young readers.
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In her writing, it is Kate DiCamillo's gift to make bearable the fact that joy and sorrow live so close, side by side, in life as it is (if not as we wish it to be). In this conversation, along with good measures of raucous laughter and a few tears, Kate summons us to hearts "capacious enough to contain the complexities and mysteries of ourselves and each other" — qualities these years in the life of the world call forth from all of us, young and old, with ever greater poignancy and vigor.
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