Features
Friday, January 18 2013
The Best Fiction of 2012
Historical fiction, science fiction, graphic novels, anthologies, mysteries, satire, young adult, even poetry(!) -- on subjects from the lighthearted to the apocalypse -- our favorites from 2012 are as wide-ranging and diverse as our writers and our readers. Dive in and revel in the pleasure of getting lost in a good book.
Reviews
Wednesday, January 23 2013
The Meek Will Not Inherit the Earth in Barbara Kingsolver's 'Flight Behavior'
Barbara Kingsolver trained as a biologist, and like Margaret Atwood, is a passionate advocate of ecological sustainability, using her writing to entertain while educating, thus sugarcoating an otherwise bitter pill.
Thursday, February 4 2010
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
We are forced to see how very little has changed from one homophobic era to another; how anti-Semitism still wends its ancient, hateful way through certain minds.
Wednesday, June 13 2007
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
Kingsolver's family eating plan to eat only local food did not include: Little Debbie snack cakes, tubes of convenience store salted cashews, and bananas, which eliminates banana pudding, which pretty much eliminates the point of living in the South.
News
Wednesday, June 13 2007
Savor the book and locally grown food
Barbara Kingsolver does not want to remove the Cheetos bag from your hand, necessarily. "I take a lot of care not to tell anybody to…
