The Big Truths Fiction Can Tell with Julie Carrick Dalton (E227)
This week, I'm joined by Julie Carrick Dalton, journalist, former organic farmer and beekeeper, and author of The Forest Becomes Her. Julie's novels are deeply rooted in the natural world, exploring the relationship between people, place, and the communities we build together.
Inspired by her own experience watching a beloved forest disappear to development, The Forest Becomes Her is ultimately a story about what a community loses when a forest is gone. Through the lives of three women navigating grief, motherhood, and identity, Julie invites readers to consider our connection to the land beneath our feet and the lasting impact of the choices we make.
In this episode, we talk about how Julie's years running an organic farm shaped every one of her novels, the decision to purchase a 220-acre forest to preserve it, why fiction allows her to explore life's biggest truths, and the joy of listening to audiobooks while tending her garden
Episode Highlights:
How Julie's years running an organic farm continue to inspire her writing & real-life experience behind The Forest Becomes Her
Parenting, motherhood, and raising children with a connection to nature
How fiction helps us understand the world in ways journalism sometimes cannot
Julie's love of gardening with an audiobook playing in the background
Julie's Book Flight and fictional books that help us see the world differently
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Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Afterlife Project / The Gatepost by Tim Weed
Book Flight
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
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