![]() SANDRA EBEJER: Our Gen is your seventh novel. ![]() Over a recent Zoom call, McKinney-Whetstone discussed her writing process, the recent surge in book bans, and her advice for aspiring authors. I think it would have been a different novel had it not been for the pandemic, but we were living through this dark time, and I needed some lightness and laughter.” ![]() “All of my novels have had these very hefty premises, but this novel started off as fun. “ Our Gen is a bit of a different book for me,” McKinney-Whetstone tells Shondaland. Told with tenderness, insight, and humor, it is a story that the author says is very much a response to the sociopolitical challenges of the last few years. In Our Gen, she details the lives of four sexagenarian residents of a suburban retirement community who revel in youthful indulgences as they grapple with aging, regret, and long-held secrets. With her new novel, McKinney-Whetstone is taking a different approach. ![]() Her sixth book, Lazaretto (published in 2016), was a sprawling epic, tracing the lives of various intertwined characters in post-Civil War Philadelphia. ![]() In the 26 years since her debut novel, Tumbling, was published to wide acclaim, she’s become known for detailing the African American experience through rich prose and vibrant characters. Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s writing has been referred to as “remarkable” ( Publishers Weekly), “poetic” ( Booklist), and “compelling” ( Kirkus Reviews). ![]()
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