The Heart of Appalachia: Barbara Kingsolver writes for Southern Living
Barbara’s story of Appalachian heartbreak and hope after Hurricane Helene is out in the May issue of Southern Living. She writes honestly about climate change, asking the magazine’s millions of readers to contemplate this frightening new kind of weather, and our responsibility to the future. You can read the article here: Heart of Appalachia Whether […]
Prodigal Summer: Science Friday Book Club Pick
Barbara had a great time talking with Diana Plasker and the Science Friday book club about the biological backstories of her novel, Prodigal Summer. They covered a wide range of topics, from keystone predators and what the Volterra equation tells us about pest control, to the challenges of writing from a non-human point of view, […]
Fall 2024 Visiting Larmore Poet: Barbara Kingsolver
Pulitzer Prize and two-time Women’s Prize-winning writer and poet Barbara Kingsolver was the featured visiting poet for the 2024 Catherine Burns Larmore Visiting Poet Series at Emory & Henry University on October 16th, 2024. Watch Barbara’s talk with Professor Matthew Kelley Here!
Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Thanks to the NY Times for this beautifully UNstereotypical Appalachian illustration to go with my article, and for letting me recommend many more great Appalachian books and authors than is usual for this feature. Even so, the hardest part was leaving out so many more. Happy reading! -Barbara
Demon Copperhead awarded Pulitzer Prize
Demon Copperhead was awarded a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Barbara spoke with The Associated Press, saying: ““I wrote this book for my people because we are so invisible to the rest of the world and so persistently misrepresented…. I couldn’t be happier (about the Pulitzer) for this reason.” In 2023, the Pulitzer Prize for […]
An Interview with Orion Magazine
“Barbara Kingsolver’s first article in Orion appeared over twenty years ago, and she’s remained a steadfast voice in our catalog since then. We recently sat down with her to reflect on the coming of spring, the practice of wonder, and the work that inspires her.“ Read the full article here
Barbara Speaks with The Origin Project about Demon Copperhead
March 21, 2023, on Emory & Henry campus Barbara had the pleasure of talking with high school students who’ve read DEMON COPPERHEAD, with their inspiring teachers. She was joined by Nancy Bolmeier-Fisher and (virtually) Adriana Trigiani, founders of the Origin Project. During a Q&A with the audience, Barbara received this question, from a comic book […]
Barbara Kingsolver in Conversation with Arwen Donahue on March 30th
Join us for a virtual conversation between the author of Landings Arwen Donahue and NYT bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver on Thursday, March 30th at 7PM! Landings is a hybrid art memoir, published this past fall. In 130 ink-and-watercolor drawings, the story of one year on a family farm in Kentucky unfolds in captured moments of daily life: Donahue chopping […]
Announcing the 2023 Women’s Prize longlist!
Barbara’s latest novel, Demon Copperhead has been longlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize along with 15 other talented writers. “Now in its twenty-eighth year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction shines a spotlight on outstanding, ambitious, original fiction written in English by women from anywhere in the world.” The judging panel will now whittle these sixteen […]
Demon Copperhead in The Plough Quarterly Review
“Kingsolver’s novel rings with the authenticity of autobiography. her characters leap from the page as vibrant individuals so real that you might be tempted to Google them.” Visit Plough Quarterly Review here: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/social-justice/economic-justice/editors-picks-demon-copperhead
