In “Flight Behavior,” Kingsolver tries to reconcile southern fundamentalism with an environmental consciousness.
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J.D. Vance Is No Barbara Kingsolver
For a genuine depiction of Appalachia, read Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead,” not Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy.” Vance just engages in “poornography.”
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The Green Knight’s Lesson: Love Life
A Loren Eiseley passage on seeing his blood put me in mind of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where Gawain has a similar revelation.
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The Social Novel Tackles Our Dilemmas
Maureen Corrigan says the social awareness novel is thriving and gives reasons.
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Kingsolver Exposes Child Hunger
In writing about child hunger in “Demon Copperhead,” Kingsolver triggers memories where I saw it as a pre-teen.
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Some in GOP Love Child Labor
Some in the GOP want to bring back child labor. Kingsolver, Dickens and Browning weigh in on the subject.
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Wanted: Poets to Fight Climate Change
To understand role poets can play in fighting climate change, go back to the Romantics and especially “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”
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Primal Hatred of Coyotes & Blacks
In reflecting upon primal race hatred, I find a parallel hatred–of coyotes–in Kingsolver’s novel “Prodigal Summer.”
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Nature Lit Has Healed for Centuries
For years my Intro to Lit class has had a nature theme.
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