{"id":1523,"date":"2024-03-12T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:00:40","slug":"friends-fiction-episode-37-sue-monk-kidd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/friends-fiction-episode-37-sue-monk-kidd\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends &#038; Fiction: Episode 37 &#8211; Sue Monk Kidd"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/fVfD6bNys1c&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sue Monk Kidd<\/h2>\n<p>The incomparable Sue Monk Kidd joins the Fab Five to talk about her passion for racial and social justice and how writing stories of women journeying to find their own true, authentic self is her \u201cthing.\u201d Sue discusses her arduous research process for her new novel The Book of Longings, the challenges of writing about Jesus as a human, cultivating our bravery as women, and the fearlessness to express our souls as a writers. https:\/\/suemonkkidd.com[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make sure to join us every Wednesday night at 7pm EST on Facebook and YouTube for our latest episode!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"l: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/FriendsFiction?sub_confirmation=1\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to our Youtube Channel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/FriendsandFiction\">JOIN<\/a> our Facebook Group<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/category\/friends-fiction-episodes\/\">VIEW<\/a> more of our previous episodes<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!&#8221; 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