Barbara Kingsolver discusses her latest novel, The Lacuna. It moves from the Mexico of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. It tells the story of a man pulled between two nations and is a portrait of the artist—and of art itself.
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Barbara Kingsolver
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Comments [6]
How very serendipitous that I stayed home from work today, and while still in bed at 1:15 PM, I turned on the radio to hear Leonard's interview with Barbara Kingsolver about her newest book, The Lacuna. Last night I hosted our monthly Book Club meeting and you'll never guess what we read and enthusiastically discussed!
John, in the western US, 65 miles away *is* considered close.
I started reading Barbara Kingsolver when I found a bunch of new books discarded, still in boxes from the publisher, outside the Strand Bookstore in NYC. I wanted to find out whose books the Strand did not consider worth selling for even for a buck. What a find!
One of my proudest moments was turning my wife, who is a picky reader (like a picky eater) on to Barbara Kingsolver. She loved Bean Trees and Animal Trees and now has a new favorite writer!
god, barbara kingsolver consistently comes off as a total fake. nice politics for self-deluding capital L Liberals.
Tucson, AZ is near the Mexican Border.
It is about 65 miles NORTH of the Mexican border. Nogales, AZ is On the border.
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