Early Works of Barbara Kingsolver
$175
This four week Delve will focus on two early novels from Barbara Kingsolver. Both of these books take place in a southwest dealing with environmental impacts, poverty, and the choices people make within those contexts.Both novels grapple with the health of rural places and people. Discussion will also focus on what Kingsolver leaves out in her version of the West and the way her books approach indigenous characters.
Texts
Animals Dreams (1990) by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees (1988) by Barbara Kingsolver
Access Program
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Pamela Pierce
Pamela Pierce is an Assistant Professor at OHSU and creative writer. She is an experienced facilitator of Narrative Medicine sessions and has also taught for Movie Madness University. As a native Tucsonan, she's been reading and thinking about Barbara Kingsolver's works for over twenty years. Pam specializes in asking great questions.
