'Stories push people to ask life changing questions'

Miami Herald has an article on the Miami Book Fair and recalls Anne Rice's words in an article ahead of the 1992 Miami Book Fair.

When reflecting on the importance of the book fair, [Tananarive] Due was reminded of the time she interviewed Anne Rice for a Herald article ahead of the 1992 Miami Book Fair. That interview inspired Due to write her first novel. Whether it’s “Jane Eyre” or “Frankenstein” or “The Iliad,” stories push people to ask life changing questions, Rice told her. “And it was not just an escape, but an escape that improves you,” Rice said. “You go back feeling different, and that’s what literature should do.” (Amanda Rosa)

Several Army people from the Branwell side of the family on Anne Brontë.org as well as a reminder of the fact that yesterday marked the 158th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Gaskell.