In which I continue to answer questions, directed to Barbara Kingsolver, about my reading experiences. Then I come up with some new questions.
Sign up for my weekly newsletter
Tag Archives: Barbara Kingsolver
Questions about the Reading Experience
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Tortoise Shout", Catcher in the Rye, D. H. Lawrence, Flaubert’s Parrot, Franny and Zooey, George Eliot, Haruki Murakami, J. D. Salinger, Julian Barnes, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy, Man Who Died, Middlemarch, My Antonia, War and Peace, Willa Cather, Women in Love | Comments closed
Kingsolver on Life-Changing Lit
Kingsolver answering questions about the lit that shaped her can get us all reflecting on the importance of books in our lives.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Albert Camus, Bean Trees, Cannery Row, Charles Dickens, Children of Violence, Demon Copperhead, Doris Lessing, Harper Lee, Homer, Huckleberry Finn, Iliad, John Steinbeck, Les Misérables, Mark Twain, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare sonnets, To Kill a Mockingbird, Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare | Comments closed
Kingsolver on Trump’s Rabid Support
Kingsolver’s novel “Unsheltered” shows the role that racism plays in Trump’s support.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Donald Trump, John Stoehr, MAGA, racism, Unsheltered | Comments closed
God’s Wonders in Appalachia
In “Flight Behavior,” Kingsolver tries to reconcile southern fundamentalism with an environmental consciousness.
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.”
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Appalachia, Appalachian poverty, Demon Copperhead, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, Opioid addiction | Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "In Blackwater Woods", death and dying, Loren Eiseley, Marie Borroff, Marie Popova, Mary Oliver, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Comments closed
The Social Novel Tackles Our Dilemmas
Maureen Corrigan says the social awareness novel is thriving and gives reasons.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged banning books, Charles Dickens, Demon Copperhead, Elizabeth Gaskell, Herman Diaz, Maureen Corrigan, social awareness novel, trust | Comments closed
Kingsolver Exposes Child Hunger
In writing about child hunger in “Demon Copperhead,” Kingsolver triggers memories where I saw it as a pre-teen.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged child hunger, child work laws, Demon Copperhead | Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Charles Dickens, child labor, David Copperfield, Demon Copperhead, GOP, Oliver Twist, Sarah Huckabee Sanders | Comments closed