Journalists
Talking About Women’s History: Ten (!) Questions and an Answer with Mary Cronk Farrell
Mary Cronk Farrell got carried away and answered LOTS of the questions I gave her. I wasn’t surprised. Enthusiasm and energy are two of the qualities I associate with her and her work. Mary is the author of books for young people and a former journalist with a passion for stories of little-known women who…
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In Which I Read the 1932 Sports Pages
Anyone who knows me In Real Life knows that I am not much of a sports fan. If there had been a “least likely to read the sports pages” category in my high school yearbook, I would have won it hands down. Left to my own devices, I might not have turned to the Chicago…
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Damon Runyon is Not Ring Lardner
This post has its roots in one simple fact: Damon Runyon is not Ring Lardner. Or perhaps I should say that Ring Lardner is not Damon Runyon. As I mentioned in my last blog post: I mixed the two men up in my head. My fingers typed Ring Lardner in my original notes but my…
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