Editing Barbara Kingsolver (section)

==Literary style and themes==
Kingsolver has written novels in both the [[first-person narrative|first-person]] and [[third-person narrative|third-person]] narrative styles, and she frequently employs overlapping narratives.<ref name="Men, Women and Coyotes"/>

Kingsolver often writes about places and situations with which she is familiar; many of her stories are based in places she has lived, such as [[Central Africa]], [[Arizona]], and [[Appalachia]]. She has stated that her novels are not autobiographical, although there are often commonalities between her life and her work.<ref name="Novel as Indictment"/> Her work is often strongly idealistic<ref name="At Lunch"/> and has been called a form of activism.<ref>{{cite book |title= Women on War: an International Anthology of Women's Writings from Antiquity to the Present|last=Gioseffi|first=Daniela|year= 2003|publisher=Feminist Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=1-55861-408-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenonwarintern00gios/page/86 86]–88|url=https://archive.org/details/womenonwarintern00gios|url-access= registration|access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref>

Her characters are frequently written around struggles for social equality, such as the hardships faced by undocumented immigrants, the working poor, and single mothers.<ref name="At Lunch"/> Other common themes in her work include the balancing of individuality with the desire to live in a community, and the interaction and conflict between humans and the ecosystems in which they live.<ref name="Listen Here"/> Kingsolver has been said to use prose and engaging narratives to make historical events, such as the Congo's struggles for independence, more interesting and engaging for the average reader.<ref name="Novel as Indictment"/>