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Barbara Kingsolver in Conversation with Kathy Pories: "Partita"

Name: Barbara Kingsolver in Conversation with Kathy Pories: "Partita"
Start: 2026-11-12T23:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-13T00:30:00+00:00
Location: Duke Energy Hall, James B. Hunt Jr. Library (NC State)

Duke Energy Hall, James B. Hunt Jr. Library (NC State)

1070 Partners Way

Raleigh, NC, United States

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About this event

Quail Ridge Books presents Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver in a moderated conversation with her longtime editor, Kathy Pories, about her new novel Partita, the story of a woman facing a life-changing reunion with a former lover and a meditation on art, ambition, and connection. This offsite, ticketed event is held at NC State's Hunt Library; each ticket includes a copy of Partita. Please note: conversation only, with no signing or meet-and-greet line. Currently sold out; a waitlist is available. (via Quail Ridge Books)

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Barbara Kingsolver

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ten bestselling novels and recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Kathy Pories

Executive Editor at Algonquin Books and Kingsolver's longtime editor.