Merry, Happy, Jolly, Blessed, etc

This year My Own True Love and I are heading off on a holiday adventure.   Unless I stumble across a story that I need to tell you RIGHT NOW, I’ll be back on January 1st, or maybe the 2nd, with some great stories from the corners of history, some books you ought to read, some…

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1948: A Year in Review

  1948 is not one of those years with a big anniversary that’s celebrated throughout Historyland.* That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few events worth some attention from the assembled Marginalia. More than I expected in fact. The big stuff: Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30th by a Hindu fanatic who believed Gandhi offered…

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Looking for a few good people

Women Warriors comes out on February 26. From your perspective, that probably sounds like I still have a lot of time to get ready. From my perspective, it feels like next week. One of the hard truths of publishing is that no one can buy a book she doesn’t know exists. I’m doing everything I…

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