Seattle Arts & Lectures presents: Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver comes to Benaroya Hall on Monday, October 19, for an evening presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures. The night centers on her new novel, Partita, which follows Livia Cable, whose life is shaken by a phone call from an old lover.

If you're coming to her for the first time, you probably already know her from The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees, or Unsheltered. She's written ten bestselling novels, but she doesn't stop at fiction—she's also written poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and the children's book Coyote's Wild Home, which she co-authored with her daughter, Lily Kingsolver. She also worked with family on Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, a look at a year of eating from their own land. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

There's a long list of honors behind her, too. She's a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Demon Copperhead. She's also received the National Humanities Medal and the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. When she isn't writing, she lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.

The event runs from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM at Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98101. Tickets are available for in-person attendance or streaming, starting at $10 Pay What You Can.