Blatant Self-Promotion
Illuminate: An Invitation
Last week several of my writing friends and I embarked on a small adventure:* a Facebook Group called Illuminate–Shining the Light on Fabulous Nonfiction. (That tagline may have changed by the time you get there. It’s a work in progress.) Our goal is to connect readers who love mainstream narrative nonfiction–history, biography, literary studies, cultural…
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Mercy Street, Round 2
Back in November I promised you that I wouldn’t clutter History in the Margins with little bits of news and speaking gigs. And I intend to keep that promise. But I want to give the Marginalia a heads up that the PBS series Mercy Street will air a second season starting on January 22. Which…
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News! (And a newsletter)
I suppose I should come up with a clever build up to the news, but I’m too jazzed to bother. I’m just going to blurt it out: I’ve got a book deal with Beacon Press. Beacon has a history of publishing smart, important works of non-fiction. I hope I don’t disappoint. For the next fourteen…
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