![]() About historical fiction, once a filthy term in the publishing world. About American masculinity, which, as the mother of two boys, is not just an intellectual problem but a practical one. About the pandemic, something she's anticipated, feared and written about, again and again. In an interview from her home in Gainesville, Fla., Groff answered and posed big, knotty questions with quick nuance and wit. The trick, Groff said, is to create characters that "you love very deeply." Yet, her sentences often feel weightless. ![]() Historical or contemporary, her writing conjures complex worlds and timely questions. DeBard and Aliette," a 2006 short story set amid the flu pandemic of 1918. While best known for chronicling contemporary life, as she did in the mesmerizing, bestselling "Fates and Furies," a split portrait of a marriage praised by critics and former President Barack Obama, she's turned to history before - notably with "L. ![]() 14 to launch the fall season of Talking Volumes literary conversations. ![]() A two-time National Book Award finalist, Groff will come to St. ![]()
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