Interviews
The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: An Interview with Dawn Raffel
About a year ago, I posted a review here in the Margins about a fabulous book: The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies. (I was not the only person who loved it. NPR named it one of 2018’s Great Reads and it made the New York…
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A Q & A With Christopher Klein: When the Irish Invaded Canada
Christopher Klein’s When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland’s Freedom tells one of those overlooked stories from history that make your jaw drop. Here’s the short version: A year after the end of the American Civil War, veterans from both the Union and Confederate…
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Telling Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle of the What’sHerName Podcast
Women’s History Month is drawing to an end. This is the last blog post in this year’s series of Telling Women’s History.* And we’re going to end with a bang. I am thrilled to have, Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle, the hosts of the What’sHerName podcast, as my guests. I listen to a lot of…
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