Barbara on NPR’s Here and Now
Barbara joined Here and Now‘s Scott Tong to talk about Demon Copperhead and living in Appalachia. Listen to the full conversation here: https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1144967074/1145319889 “Novelist Barbara Kingsolver loves living in the Appalachian hills of southwestern Virginia. But she says she feels that the region is often misconstrued by mainstream media. Her new book, Demon Copperhead, follows a […]
A Behind-the-Scenes Look
Art Director Pete Adlington gives us behind-the-scenes insight into how he designed the UK cover for Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, the ‘big book look’ and his quest to design a massive golden book. https://www.faber.co.uk/…/cover-design-demon-copperhead/
Oprah’s Book Club – Week Four
Welcome to our final discussion of “Demon Copperhead.” Was your heart racing reading those final chapters? Barbara Kingsolver truly leaves it all on the table while portraying the ravages of addiction and its impact on Demon and his community. The line that most spoke to Oprah’s heart in these chapters was this one: “What matters […]
Continued Praise for Demon Copperhead
“Kingsolver’s new novel is her best in years…The character of Damon is right up there with the best classic orphans of literatre. Believe me: you will root for this lost boy.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “In Demon Copperhead…Kingsolver channels the voice of a disenfranchised boy lost in the failures of our social system. It’s a testament to her […]
Oprah’s Book Club – Week Three
We’re now more than halfway through Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead,” and we’ve watched our narrator Demon go from a childhood of abuse and neglect to high school football stardom. He is worshipped by all of Lee County, Virginia — and even falls in love for the first time — and then a serious knee injury […]
The Reviews Are In!
“Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient. I’m crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. I think it’s her best.” — Beth Macy, author of Dopesick “An Appalachian David Copperfield…Demon Copperhead reimagines Dickens’s story in a modern-day rural America contending with poverty […]
Oprah’s Book Club – Week Two
Welcome to our latest discussion of “Demon Copperhead,” by author Barbara Kingsolver. By now, our main character, Demon is eleven years old and in his second foster home with the McCobbs, who make him sleep on a rotted-out back porch and ask him to “chip in” for food. He’s being ostracized at school, partially because […]
The Washington Post Reviews Demon Copperhead
“Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love….In a feat of literary alchemy, Kingsolver uses the fire of that boy’s spirit to illuminate — and singe — the darkest recesses of our country. The essential Americanness of Demon Copperhead feels particularly ironic given that Kingsolver has […]
Oprah’s Book Club – Week One
Welcome to our first week of discussion around Oprah’s latest Book Club Pick, “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver. Born to a single teenage mother scraping by in a single-wide trailer, our narrator, nicknamed “Demon,” is wise beyond his years, with a fierce will to survive and a unique voice. (As he notes in the beginning […]
Barbara and Hugo in The New York Times
Barbara (and Hugo) were recently featured in a Culture piece by Penelope Green of The New York Times, who came to visit Barbara in her home just before the release of Demon Copperhead. After release of the article, Barbara thanked Penelope: “for seeing and hearing Appalachia and getting everything right. (Hugo was also pleased, and […]