We spent today at Book Cougars HQ recording Ep 204 which includes an Author Spotlight with Allison Pataki. Her novel FINDING MARGARET FULLER is available now. Episode drops on 3/26. #bookcougars#recordingday#historicalfiction#allisonpataki#findingmargaretfuller#womenshistorymonth
“Consequences” is more psychological suspense than paranormal, although it has horror elements. Shades of James, Hawthorne, and Poe, to which I would add Oscar Wilde (and fast forward with a dash of Stephen King).
Yesterday, I visited one of my favorite places in New Haven, The Institute Library. It was founded in 1826 as the Young Men's Institute. It is a membership library, but everyone is welcome to come inside to browse, read, or work at a table. You just have to be a member to check out books.
Wrote a blog post about my reading in 2023. It was an excellent year. #reading#booksky
My reading in 2023 was influenced by finishing library school in May and the Book Cougars podcast theme of reading Books about Books. Some of the highlights include Sunwise Turn: A Human Comedy of Boo...
The Fall/Winter 2023 issue of The American Archivist just published. It features a Special Section on Middle Eastern and North African Archives. There’s also a book review by yours truly. This link takes you to my review, and you can explore the issue from there. doi.org/10.17723/232...
Archives 101 by Lois Hamill is part of the American Association for State and Local History Book Series co-published with Rowman & Littlefield, which currently includes 84 titles. This relatively slim...
Only eight more stories to go in The Willa Cather Short Story Project. We started reading one Cather short story a month way back in February 2019. Who knew Cather published so much short fiction?!
Reading reminder for the Willa Cather Short Story Project, January 2024. "Behind the Singer Tower," published in Collier's on May 18, 1912
BiographyLab Returns in January! Join biographers James McGrath Morris, Janice P. Nimura, and Ray A. Shepard for an online forum on the craft of biography. BONUS: Kai Bird’s plenary session, “My Wild Ride as a Biographer.” Free for BIO members and students. $60 General Admission. Register here:
BIO invites participants at all levels of interest in the craft of biography to participate in three forums led by prize-winning biographers
I always enjoy chatting with Shawn. If you don't know him, check out his BookTube channel. He's a man unafraid to say what he really thinks about a book -- the good, the bad, and the bails.
One of the highlights of my bookish year was getting to hold a first edition of Dracula thanks to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 🧛♂️
Dracula was published on May 26, 1897, and Stoker signed this copy in June 1897. As a life-long fan, it was a thrill to hold a first edition.