The best-selling writer Barbara Kingsolver has become one of the most beloved and respected authors in the world. Her new novel, Paritia – her first since winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize – explores class, ambition, and art through the story of a woman’s modest life, and the shocking return of her painful yet passionate past.
With ten bestselling novels and numerous awards, Barbara Kingsolver has become one of the world’s most beloved and respected authors. Her work, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, has been translated in more than thirty languages. Kingsolver has been awarded the National Humanities Medal, the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a membership in the American Academy of Letters, and the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Demon Copperhead. When not writing, she plays the piano, and was a founding member of the band Rock Bottom Remainders with fellow authors Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Matt Groening, and Stephen King. This year, Kingsolver returns with the novel Partita, exploring class barriers, the risks of ambition, and the power of art through the story of a woman’s modest life and the shocking return of her painful yet passionate past.
A limited number of tickets include a copy of Kingsolver’s new novel, Partita.