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Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally.
Barbara Kingsolver. Contemporary U.S. author of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, critical commentary and journalism. Readers can find answers here about Barbara’s published books, as well as biographical information and frequently-asked questions. — “The Blood Returns”
Jun 3, 2024 · Barbara Kingsolver, American writer and political activist whose best-known novels concern the endurance of people living in often inhospitable environments and the beauty to be found even in such harsh circumstances. Her notable works included Animal Dreams, The Poisonwood Bible, and The Lacuna.
Barbara Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. She earned degrees in biology from DePauw University and the University of Arizona, and has worked as a freelance writer and author since 1985.
Learn about Barbara Kingsolver - Contemporary U.S. author of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, critical commentary and journalism.
Oct 14, 2022 · In “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver reimagines “David Copperfield” as a tale set in Southern Appalachia, and brings humanity and humor to a region and people who have long endured ...
Autobiography - Barbara Kingsolver. BARBARA REVEALS HERSELF. Introduction. In the culture in which I was raised, it was considered charming to tell long, entertaining stories about peculiar relatives or a runaway hog or anything under the sun—except yourself. Prolonged self-revelation seems discourteous to me, and self-aggrandizing is vulgar.
Oct 16, 2022 · In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel, an Appalachian David Copperfield “Demon Copperhead” reimagines Dickens’s story in a modern-day rural America contending with poverty and opioid addiction ...
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling...
Oct 17, 2022 · Barbara Kingsolver Was Writing Social Justice Novels Before They Were Cool. An interview about politics, appropriation, and Demon Copperhead, a new novel set in her native Appalachia. By Dan...
