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Lauren Groff talks captivity narratives, climate change and 'The Vaster Wilds'
Listen to the episodeA work of historical fiction influenced by captivity narratives, particularly that of Mary Rowlandson, a colonial woman captured and held ransom by Native Americans in the 1600s, also touching on themes of climate change.
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