Kingsolver reads from new work at Lexington, Ky., conference

Barbara Kingsolver was the keynote speaker for the Books-in-Progress Conference June 8 and 9, sponsored by The Carnegie Center in Lexington, Ky. She read from new work June 8 at 7 p.m., at the Lexington Convention Center’s Bluegrass Ballroom Atrium. The conference offered writing and publishing workshops, as well as one-on-one meetings between writers and literary agents.