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Interview

Kathryn Stockett explains the genesis of her first novel, The Help, about three very different women whose lives intersect in s Mississippi.

What was the genesis of the novel?
Growing up in Mississippi, almost every family I knew had a black woman working in their house&#;cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the white children.

Kathryn Stockett earned her degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Alabama.

Based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, it's time to go back to s Mississippi, where an aspiring writer (Emma Stone) teams up.

The book delves into her celebrated albums, including "Lady Soul," "Amazing Grace," and "Young, Gifted and Black," highlighting her unparalleled impact on soul.

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Talent plays a big part in a musician's life.

That was life in Mississippi. I was young and assumed that&#;s how most of America lived.

When I moved to New York, though, I realized my &#;normal&#; wasn&#;t quite the same as the rest of America&#;s. I knew a lot of Southerners in the city, and every now and then we&#;d talk about what we missed from the South.

Inevitably, somebody would start talking about the maid they grew up with, some little thing that made us all remember&#;Alice&#;s good hamburgers or riding in the back seat to take Willy May home. Everybody had a story to tell.

Twenty years later, with a million things t