The Sun Magazine and Author Barbara Kingsolver

March 2014 issue of The Sun Magazine

I’ve written before about my love of The Sun Magazine. However, even in love, we sometimes become neglectful…as I did when I let my subscription lapse last fall. I missed out on three issues. Finally, I woke from my past-time-to-renew stupor and resubscribed.

As always, it was with an audible expression of glee that I reacted to finding the magazine again in my mailbox this week.

And my joy increased when I saw that the March issue interview, titled The Moral Universe, is with Barbara Kingsolver, author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and many other thoughtful books, both fiction and non-fiction, about humans’ relationship with nature, sustainability and climate change, among many other themes.

What I like about her is that through her writing she inspires us to think more deeply and care more profoundly and improve with purpose – to preserve the planet and, thereby, ourselves.

I think that anyone who reads The Sun would say that it informs them in a way that is sorely missing from mainstream media. But it can also be discouraging in its honesty. Some readers, myself included, need to take a break from it sometimes, or at least, be selective in the features that we read in each issue. I find some of the fiction and memoirs to be heartbreaking in their realism. Nonetheless, the magazine adds tremendous value to any thinking person’s cache of insight.

And I love that The Sun is advertisement free – such a unique treat in a time when every visual media experience is a bombardment of ads. Ad-free doesn’t guarantee there’s not a  beholden vibe to the articles. But it cuts the likelihood of undue influence dramatically.

If ever you’ve considered trying out The Sun, this year’s March issue would be a good one to test run.