Kingsolver answering questions about the lit that shaped her can get us all reflecting on the importance of books in our lives.
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Kingsolver on Life-Changing Lit
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Albert Camus, Barbara Kingsolver, Bean Trees, Cannery Row, Charles Dickens, Children of Violence, 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
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, Barbara Kingsolver, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, Opioid addiction | 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, Barbara Kingsolver, Charles Dickens, 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.
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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.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Barbara Kingsolver, Charles Dickens, child labor, David Copperfield, GOP, Oliver Twist, Sarah Huckabee Sanders | Comments closed
