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I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Because Contemporary Engage Few Fiction Know Novelists Person Rare Science Scientist Trained Who Writes

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Most of my books have been about the complex ways an individual depends on community.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: About Been Books Community Complex Depends Individual Most Ways

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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Career Control Day Day-To-Day Domain End End Of The Day Farm Gives Having Keeps Love Me Other Over Relief Shape Stress Work I Love

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When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Artist Consider Down Myself Sit Write

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Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Construct Discipline Enormous Nonfiction Requires Stick Story Terms Them Then You Your

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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: About Controversial Courage Dread Fiction Labeled Political Politically Some Takes Topics Write Writer You

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I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Barely Farms Grandparents Hard Live Living Living Wage Nearly Painful Parents Particularly People Southern Surrounded Very Wage Well Who Work Worked Working

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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.

~Barbara Kingsolver

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: April 8th, 1955

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