Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker Made an Irreverent, Charming Kids’ Book

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Jamaica Kincaid knew only one artist could capture the irreverent spirit of her children's book: Kara Walker.

“One of the things knowledge doesn’t save you from,” Jamaica Kincaid says, “is yourself.” It’s the type of searing insight the Antiguan-American writer has become known for over the course of her 50-year career. The author of such classics as 1996’s The Autobiography of My Mother, Lucy , and A Small Place has always resisted categorization or sentimental conclusions.

KW: When you made that analogy just now about only growing flowers, I was thinking about my aborted attempts and the land that I have. I would like very much to grow vegetables, but I’m not there often enough to do it. So it would be just for the other animals that live there, which would be incredibly wasteful, I guess, to me, to others.JK: It really is.KW: Absolutely, the animals would be around all the time.

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