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I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it intently political. I'm just writing about the world I know, as it is. Wounds and griefs included.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Language
Concentrate
Write
Theme
Political
Wounds
Character
Surprise
Intently
Matter
Grief
Griefs
Writing
Structure
Surprises
World
Actually
Included
People
Voice
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