Carolyn Foy-Stromberg : I was delighted to hear B. Kingsolver's insights into her latest novel which will make it much more understandable to me! The plot(s) sound complicated, but all lead up to (hopefully as she points out!) how we think of ourselves in 2009! Great intro for any reader!

David Crooks : I enjoyed the interview. Brown did a fine job! I adored her early books, like "Pigs in Heaven." Hope this comes out in large print soon; I was born the year the book begins in 1929, and look for to reading it, hopefuly without need for a magnifying glass.

Joyce MacKenzie : What a treat to have the NewsHour expanded by interviews such as this one with Kingsolver. Thanks!

Wayne Tyson : I have been recently outside Kingsolver's Tucson, trying to get a feel for the trail over which the remnants of Parker H. French's expedition of 1850 made their way to the California gold fields ("my" man, Samuel Stiles walked across Mexico to the Pacific coast). These events and personalities presage the events in Kingsolver's novel, the natal psychopathology that led to a history of folly that led to its expansion of expansionism today. Arrogance against innocence, or, as my essay is entitled, "Culture Against Society." WHAT! Only TWO comments?

tia_margarita : Good interview! Thanks for having one of my favorite Authors on the Newshour!!

M : Can not bring up the video. Why?

Helen Felsing : What a woman, and what a writer and thinker! And as always, Jeffrey Brown's understated and kind interviewing technique brings out the best in all of us. Thanks to you both.

jillian : I'm half way through the book, and found this really helpful in illuminating my understanding of it. Sad to think Lacuna will probably never outsell Sarah Palin's autobiography -- but at least we do have Kingsolver and other great writers still working and publishing --

Nika Gem : Just started reading The Lacuna - this interview was illuminating re the story line and how Kingsolver so brilliantly constructs! Also, found she is to keynote a writers' conference in San Miguel de Allende, MX in Feb. 2010. Wow. Thanks for a great interview!

Joan : My favorite author - thanks so much for a wonderful interview, as well as the short reading by Barbara Kingsolver at the end. I've had the pleasure of hearing her read on an audio book, and it allows me to "hear" her voice, her tone, her pacing, when I read the book myself. Thanks so much for this. I'm really looking forward to reading this one.

Laurie Brannen : This interview helped me sort through the themes of the book, which I'm almost finished reading. It reminded me of what the protagonist said about how he started his books, which resembles Kingsolver's approach. The "howlers" sums up her overarching theme very well--when one "monkey" (read media gossip) starts screaming the rest of the pack quickly follow. And trermendous damage ensues. I loved the book.