Barbara Kingsolver's ('77) Unsheltered is Released in Paperback

October 16, 2019

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver, 1977 graduate of DePauw University, is listed among this week's new paperback picks by the Seattle Times. The paperback edition of Kingsolver's most recent book arrives in stores this week.

Moira Macdonald writes, "This bestselling novel from Kingsolver, whose previous works include The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, has a dual narrative set in the same place but spanning different centuries: a Victorian house in New Jersey, occupied by both a contemporary family and a young science teacher who lived in the house 150 years earlier. Seattle Times reviewer Ellen Emry Heltzel wrote: "Unsheltered is an ambitious addition to Kingsolver's work and a pointed call for the liberal values she holds dear.'"

Access the article here.

A biology major at DePauw, Kingsolver was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal and the UK’s Orange Prize. She said in a PBS documentary, "I wanted to go somewhere far away and exotic, so I went to DePauw University in Indiana. All the scales fell from my eyes; it was wonderful."

Kingsolver delivered the 1994 commencement address at her alma mater, "As Little Advice as Possible." You can see and hear the speech below.

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