Kathryn Stockett on The Calamity Club, The Help, and Writing Mississippi

About this episode

Peter Biello sits down with The Help author Kathryn Stockett to discuss her new novel, The Calamity Club , a Depression era story set in Mississippi. Stockett talks about the historical research that transformed the novel, the friendships at its center, her writing process, and how the praise and criticism surrounding The Help shaped her return to fiction.