Barbara Kingsolver discusses love and her latest novel Partita
Author Barbara Kingsolver answered questions about her life and new book during an interview published in The Guardian.
Kingsolver reflects on personal history
The seventy-one year old writer was born in Maryland before attending DePauw University in Indiana. She published her first novel, The Bean Trees, in 1988 after working as a journalist. Her recent work Demon Copperhead won the Pulitzer Prize and the James Tait Black prize in 2022. Kingsolver currently resides in Virginia with her second husband and two children.
New residence founded for recovery
In 2025 she established the Higher Ground Women's Recovery Residence in Lee County, Virginia. This facility is located near the setting of her novel Demon Copperhead. Her latest publication is titled Partita and continues her literary career. She describes herself as adventurous, hopeful and grateful when asked to define her character.
Views on love and fear
Kingsolver stated that love at sixteen felt like breaking the speed limit while later it feels like a warm bath. Her greatest fear involves taking a transatlantic flight without carrying a good book to read. She also mentioned teaching herself to read at age three by copying letters from her father's newspaper.
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