Barbara Kingsolver's new novel, “Partita,” explores the repercussions of a life-changing love affair and the complex ...

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Kingsolver’s latest “masterpiece” asks the question: What if?

The two-time Oprah's Book Club author reflects on first love, hard-won wisdom, the pressure of following ‘Demon Copperhead,’ and why she feels she's finally in her creative prime.

The sex writing threatens to throw the novel off-kilter, but there are rich rewards in this tale of music and middle-aged compromises ...

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Partita follows a young Appalachian woman with the chops to make it as a classical pianist. It was somewhat inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's love of classical music and her restrictive hand condition.

Writing in the Guardian, Clare Clark described Stations (Bloomsbury), the follow-up to The British Book Award-winning ...

The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, ...

Her recent work, including her latest, Partita, is overly concerned with defending the South instead of writing for it.