A rural conversation between Barbara Kingsolver and Silas House [View all]

Ahhhh... Barbara Kingsolver! One of my all-time favorite authors.

The Lexington Herald Leader
A rural conversation between Barbara Kingsolver and Silas House
By Candace Chaney
Contributing Arts Writer
November 1, 2014

As a high schooler in Nicholas County, Barbara Kingsolver spent two weeks in Berea studying Appalachian art with fellow Girl Scouts.

On Thursday, Kingsolver will return to Berea for a convocation titled Writing and Roots: Barbara Kingsolver's Novel Perspective, a Public Conversation with Silas House.

A Kentucky native with deep roots in the Appalachian region, Kingsolver has published more than a dozen books that have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Kingsolver, whose novels include The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible, was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2000, and Writer's Digest named her one of the most important writers of the 20th century.

Kingsolver met Silas House at a public reading of his work, and soon a friendship blossomed between the two....

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