What readers want in a book is just one side of the coin. Writers look for something, too, and their quest needs to sustain them through years of research and writing.
What readers want in a book is just one side of the coin. Writers look for something, too, and their quest needs to sustain them through years of research and writing.
My reading list is idiosyncratic, a reflection of my personal interests and feelings. How did you decide what to read this summer?
With Mother’s Day close at hand, I am devoting this newsletter to mothers – mine, yours, all of ours.
Current events should lead us to a new way of thinking about women’s history.
Thanks for reading my newsletter these last months, and for reading this one where I share the news that pub date is here.
It’s cold in Boston as I write and I’m feeling cooped up. Maybe you are too. I don’t have a magic fix but I think books can help.
Like quilts and blankets, the history of America is composed of many strands.
This month, I’m sharing an article I wrote for MS Magazine. Here it is, as it appeared on November 11.
Yesterday I voted in Boston’s mayoral election where there were two candidates, both women. A little more than a century ago, this could not have happened — neither me in the voting booth nor women on the ballot. Upstate New York had a lot to do with making it possible.
