Haven Kimmel Reading
Haven Kimmel reads an as-yet unpublished short story entitled “That Old Time Religion.” The story is written in a unique Southern dialect, intended, she says, to imitate a college professor of Kimmel’s daughter.
Kimmel talks about her upbringing in an extremely religious household, and her later decision to enroll in a Quaker seminary. She points out that she joined the seminary with the sole purpose of becoming a better writer, and not for religious purposes. Kimmel goes on to discuss the mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and the immense influence that his teachings have had on her novels.
In: "Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive | Fiction
Authors: Haven Kimmel
Date Recorded: February 17, 2004
Works Read: "That Old Time Religion," by Haven Kimmel
Program: Live From Prairie Lights
Format: reading
Contributors: Introduction by host Julie Englander.
Topics: Quakers, Alfred North Whitehead, children's books