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The Story of a Collaboration and a Timeline (And Why You Should Care)
This story begins, as so many of the creative ventures in my life do, with an off-hand comment by a friend.(1) Actually, the story begins six months before that, when I was working on a section of Women Warriors (2) and realized that I wasn’t comfortable writing “The Roman Empire was in crisis in the…
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It’s Publication Day for Women Warriors! (And I’m Giving Away Copies.)
On November 15, 2016, I announced here on the Margins that I had a deal with Beacon Press for the book the became Women Warriors: An Unexpected History. One way or another, I’ve been talking to y’all about it every since. Today is the book’s official publication day. If you pre-ordered the book, you should…
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Looking Ahead to Another Year of History Buff-ery
It’s become a tradition here on the Margins that I use my first blog post of the year to share the historical topics that I hope/plan/expect to read, write and think about over the course of the coming year. It’s the mental equivalent of writing thank-you notes (1), clearing out the Christmas clutter, and setting…
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