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What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

One of the country's most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction.

What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

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One of the country's most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction.

In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it's for.

One of the country's most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it's for.

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One of the country's most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it's for.

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In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it's for.

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