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Article: Barbara Kingsolver reads her own essays in 'High Tide in Tucson'.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- January 16, 1996
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Barbara Kingsolver is a versatile woman, able to discuss the anatomy of a missile site, the patience of Spanish waiters for small children, the ethics of marauding pigs, and the biological rhythm of hermit crabs.
What's more, she makes it all seem not only interesting, but also integral and important for life in the modern world.
And it gets even better than that. In a recording of selections from her recent essays, ``High Tide in Tucson'' (3 hours, $17) from Harper, Kingsolver provides the ultimate personal touch by reading them herself.
The recording, subtitled ``Essays From `Now or Never,''' features unabridged selections from the book. These are ...