While relatively small-scale, the experience of writingTreeswas formative.
“[Taylor] was from the place I knew,” Kingsolver says.
“Suddenly I could write with a new kind of authenticity.
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I learned that my place in the world had worth.”
Codi soon leads the fight to save the town.
“I recognized these two sides weren’t talking to each other,” Kingsolver says.
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On the one case, the individual, the family, the personal choice.
And on the other side, the tribe, the community."
What results is a searing exploration of American identity and an indication of Kingsolver’s literary evolution.
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Where biology is concerned, sex is the beginning and end of everything."
The Lacuna(2009)
“What does it mean to be an American?”
This complicated question drivesThe Lacuna, a period piece ahead of its time.
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“I wanted to write about patriotism and how it can get weaponized,” Kingsolver says.
Kingsolver was inspired by the post-9/11 climate, when dissent was often silenced.
“This is a much bigger canvas than just a family it’s nations,” she says.
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“It’s substantially more relevant to this moment than I ever imagined it could be.”
Flight Behavior(2012)
The book spawned from where else?
Kingsolver’s interactions with her community.
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It’s set in deep Appalachia, where the author and her husband had moved full-time.
“Nobody at the time was writing about [global warming],” she explains.
“And it was difficult for me to talk about with my neighbors.”
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IfThe LacunaandFlight Behaviorproved Kingsolver’s canny foresight, one might hope Unsheltered does the same.
No spoilers, but: We survive.
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