Cross-cultural “Stuff”
From the Beast to the Blonde
March 1st is almost here: only two more posts in which I dive into my bookshelves and pull out treasures from my reading past before we switch gears entirely. For those of you who haven’t been here on the Margins before during Women’s History Month, we ramp up to five posts a week. Four of…
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From the Archives: More About Salt
Speaking of salt, as I believe we were: Anyone who sat through a third grade social studies lesson learned that Europe’s search for pepper changed the world. Prince Henry the Navigator, Columbus, and all that. But did you know that salt played an even bigger role in world history? Unlike pepper, we can’t live without…
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From the Archives: City
My editor has come through with revision notes for Sigrid Schultz and I am deep in the eternally fascinating process of seeing my book through someone else’s eyes. (And since I’ve had a couple of months away from the book, I’m also seeing things I want to revise that she hasn’t called out.) I’m making…
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