Barbara Kingsolver

Close and Not-So-Close Encounters With Famous Authors

Dave Astor | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Ernest Hemingway, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Tolstoy, Herman Melville, France, Cartoonists, Isaac Asimov, Novels, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas, Paul Cezanne, Mark Twain, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, John Updike, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles M. Schulz, Books News
Dave Astor

Literature fans love "encounters" with living or dead authors. These might involve seeing novelists at book signings, listening to them give a talk, or visiting homes/museums connected with famous authors of the past.

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Are Novels Better With Large Casts or Small Casts?

Dave Astor | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, Barbara Kingsolver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Novels, Literary Characters, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Charlotte Bronte, Books News
Dave Astor

For a book with "Solitude" in its title, it sure has lots of characters! After recently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, I've been thinking about whether novels are better with large casts or small casts.

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Legacy: Making a Difference

Rachael Freed | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Moby Dick, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, World Book Night, Legacy, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Ethical Will, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Rachael Freed

Whether you're the original creator of a legacy gift or you volunteer to be but a tiny cog in a great project, you can make a difference in others' lives.

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Is It Best to Buy or Borrow Books?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Greed, Barbara Kingsolver, Libraries, E-Books, Eco-Friendly, Right Wing, Bookstores, Library Books, Government Services, Erich Maria Remarque, Sir Walter Scott, Corporate Greed, Independent Bookstores, Privatization, Buying Books, Harry Potter, Pay-Per-View, Jack London, Books News
Dave Astor

Now stepping into the ring: buying books vs. using a library! That bout might never make pay-per-view, but it's a contest often on the minds of avid readers.

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The Most Novels You've Read By an Author

Dave Astor | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Barbara Kingsolver, John Steinbeck, Colette, Harper Lee, Ralph Ellison, L.M. Montgomery, Charles Dickens, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Herman Melville, Erich Maria Remarque, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas, Walter Scott, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, Cormac McCarthy, Jack London, Books News
Dave Astor

My list includes the authors' names, the number of novels I've read by each of them, and my three favorite novels (in rank order) by each of them. If you have different favorites by those authors, I'd like to hear about that.

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Fifteen of This Millennium's Top Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Yann Martel, Barbara Kingsolver, Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Gruber, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson, Cartooning, Michael Chabon, Frida Kahlo, Ian McEwan, Alice Sebold, Jonathan Franzen, Adam Langer, Audrey Niffenegger, Calvin and Hobbes, Diego Rivera, Harry Potter, Cormac McCarthy, Jeffrey Eugenides, Books News
Dave Astor

These aren't necessarily the best novels of the past 11 years, because there are acclaimed books I've yet to read.

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Many a City Is 'Title Town'

Dave Astor | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Ford Madox Ford, Toronto, John Steinbeck, Chicago, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Boston, Edward Bellamy, Detroit Lions, Upton Sinclair, Margaret Atwood, Canada, Jules Verne, Detroit Institute of Arts, Amy Tan, Quebec City, Frida Kahlo, E.L. Doctorow, Phoenix, Terry McMillan, Diego Rivera, San Francisco, James Hilton, Ford Field, Willa Cather, Books News, Detroit, Books News
Dave Astor

Do you read so much fiction that visiting a city almost always reminds you of certain novels?

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Picking Favorites: Books That Make Me Sigh With Satisfaction

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Burger's Daughter, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Barbara Kingsolver, Louise Erdrich, Wilkie Collins, A Burnt-Out Case, Stewart O?Nan, Thrity Umrigar, Ursula Le Guin, Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Colin Channer, Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Geraldine Brooks, Graham Green, The Clue in the Old Album, Philip Roth, Harriet the Spy, Martha Grimes, Jose Saramago, Favorite Books, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

A great book happens when I pick up a book and can't put it down again; when I cannot suppress the sighs upon finishing it; when I cannot wait to tell everyone I know: read this book! But how to pick a favorite?

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Less Famous Literary Masterpieces

Dave Astor | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Barbara Kingsolver, John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Canada, Herman Melville, Charlotte Bronte, Toni Morrison, Erich Maria Remarque, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas, Walter Scott, Harry Potter, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books News
Dave Astor

There are plenty of cases where an author's masterpiece deserves the top billing it gets in the author's canon. But then there are the cases where a writer's most famous book is not the writer's best book.

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An Appreciation of Margaret Atwood

Dave Astor | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Barbara Kingsolver, The Environment, Canada, Margaret Atwood, Walter Scott, Speculative Fiction, The Handmaid's Tale, Books News
Dave Astor

Atwood is socially conscious without being preachy. This is certainly the case in three dystopian novels that say a lot about things like women's rights and the despoiling of the environment but do that via the books' interesting characters and plots.

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Barbara Kingsolver Ready To Start Next Novel

Reuters | Sharon Lindores | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faber and Faber, The Lacuna, Orange Prize, Books, Literary Prize, Fiction, Environmentalism, British Literature, Barbara Kingsolver, Reading, Bellwether Prize, Books News

Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the Orange Prize for fiction, is back in the U.K. one month after scooping up the prestigious prize awarded to the best ...

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Mother's Day: 7 Of My Favorite Books As A Mom And A Publisher (PHOTOS, POLL)

Lena Tabori | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alton Brown, Food Rules, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Pollan, Mother's Day Books, Mother's Day, Mom's Cancer, Slidepollajax, The Little Big Book for Moms, Books, Children's Books, Good Eats, Bestsellers, Books News
Lena Tabori

These books cover what I love as a mom and have published for Welcome Books--for mothers new and old.

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Orange Prize Shortlist Announced: Barbara Kingsolver, Lorrie Moore, Hilary Mantel Are Finalists

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Orange Prize for Fiction, A Gate at the Stairs, Women Writers, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Women, Lorrie Moore, Literary Prizes, Wolf Hall, Books, Orange Prize, Hilary Mantel, Books News

LONDON — American writers Barbara Kingsolver and Lorrie Moore and Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel are among six finalists for Britain's Orange...

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Barbara Kingsolver's Book Sales Skyrocket After Winning Orange Prize

The Guardian | Vanessa Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver the Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver Wins Prize, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Literary Prizes, Books, Orange Prize, Barbara Kingsolver Orange Prize, Amazon, Books News

The impact of winning the annual Orange prize on Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna is being felt in the industry already. The book was chosen last night...

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Orange Prize WINNER Announced: Barbara Kingsolver Beats Out Hilary Mantel With 'The Lacuna'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women Writers, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Lorrie Moore, Literary Prizes, Orange Prize Winner, Wolf Hall, Books, Orange Prize, Hilary Mantel, Books News

LONDON (AP) - American novelist Barbara Kingsolver took home the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction on Wednesday with her sixth novel, "The Lacuna,"...

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Orange Prize

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiction, Women Writers, A Gate at the Stairs, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Women, Lorrie Moore, Literary Prizes, Wolf Hall, Books, Orange Prize, Hilary Mantel, Books News

LONDON — American novelist Barbara Kingsolver took home the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction on Wednesday with her sixth novel, "The Lacuna,...

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Climate Science Politics: Mann-hunt

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Email Hack, James Inhofe, Hockey Stick, Pennsylvania State University, Climate Science, Climate Change, Michael Mann, Ii, Climate Skeptics, Science, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, Climategate, University of Virginia, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.thegreengrok.com.Which hunt is in the news these days? The one led by Virginia's Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II. In h...

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Seeking Novels with Strong Single Characters, Matrimania Not Included

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Awards, Barbara Kingsolver, Bell Hooks, Children, Awards, Audre Lorde, Erotic Passion, Book Industry, Ann Patchett, Books, Adrienne Rich, Books News
Bella DePaulo

I'm always looking for fiction that is not matrimaniacal.

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PEN/Faulkner Award Nominees Announced: Alexie, Kingsolver Top The List

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, PEN/Faulkner, Lorrie Moore, Literary Prizes, Sherman Alexie, Books, PEN/Faulkner Prize, War Dances, Books News

NEW YORK — Sherman Alexie and Barbara Kingsolver are among this year's finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award. The nominees for the fiction prize...

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In Praise of Silence

Ann Medlock | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Slow Blogs, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Slow Cities, Slow Travel, Slow Movements, Kingsolver, Twitter, Change Resistance, Facebook, Blogs, Signal/Noise Ratio, Slow Food, Death by Blogging, Radio, Snopes, Tweets, Communications, Emails, Civil Society, Blogging, Healthy Living News
Ann Medlock

I'm taking a stand for fewer communications, for timeout for reflection and maybe even a little research before we all hit the Post/Send/Publish buttons. The result could well be more signal and less noise.

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Stephen King Does Spooky Voiceover On Rock Album

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: It, Black Ribbons, Barbara Kingsolver, Stephen King Shooter Jennings, Carrie, Scott Turow, Lisey's Story, Stephen King, Maya Angelou, Books, Amy Tan, Shooter Jennings, The Rock Bottom Remainders, Books News

From Carrie to It, his horror novels mean Stephen King is already something close to the voice of nightmare for many, but now the bestselling writer i...

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Miami Book Fair Going Strong This Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Tracey Kidder, Books, Margaret Atwood, Mary Karr Lit, Book Fair, Lit, Author Events, Book Fairs, Barbara Kingsolver Lacuna, Margaret Atwood Year of the Flood, Authors, Miami Book Fair, Joyce Carol Oates, Year of the Flood, Orhan Pamuk, Ruth Reichl, Author Readings, Gourmet, Sherman Alexie, Lacuna, Jonathan Lethem, Mary Karr, Reading, Miami, Isabella Rossellini, Books News

All this week, Miami is celebrating the world of literature with its annual Book Fair. Running from November 8 - 15 and open to the public for a small...

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The New York Times' Best Books Of 2009

The New York Times | The New York Times Book Review | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Ackroyd, Barbara Kingsolver, Best Books, Lorrie Moore, Books, Literary Prizes, Harold Evans, Sag Harbor, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Frankenstein, Jay McInerney, Holiday News, Ishiguro, Jay, Booker Prize, Cheever, Colum McCann, National Book Awards, Columbine, Karen Armstrong, Bestsellers, Ayn Rand, Notable Books, Open, New York Times, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Books News

The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables list. It was not easy pickin...

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Book Review Round-Up

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexander McCall Smith, Under the Dome, Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver the Lacuna, Sunday Book Review, The Lacuna, Stephen King, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, Books, Mary Karr Lit, Lit, Book Review, Samuel Johnson, Book Reviews, Stephen King Under the Dome, Mary Karr, China, David Nokes, Books News

This week, the book review round-up includes some reviews from insider journals Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Booklist, which often get the scoop on n...

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Great Author Interviews (AUDIO)

npr.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver the Lacuna, The Lacuna, Writers, Books, Writing, Mary Karr Lit, Precious, Lit, Authors, Npr, Sapphire Push, Sapphire, Radio, Push, Author Interviews, Mary Karr, Video, Books News

NPR has a host of great author interviews every week, and we thought we'd bring you the best of the recent ones. Listen below for three really great o...

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