Women
Talking About Women’s History Month: Three Questions and an Answer with Cathy Curtis
I’m pleased to start off this year’s Women’s History Month series with Three Questions and an Answer with biographer Cathy Curtis. Cathy is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer with degrees from Smith College and the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of three recent biographies of twentieth-century artists—Restless Ambition: Grace Hartigan, Painter;…
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From the Archives: The Empress Maud (aka Matilda)
Every time I write a book I reach the point where I am so deep in the work that I have to stop writing blog posts and newsletters. I always hope to avoid it. That somehow I’ll be smarter, or faster, or more organized, or just more. This time I’ve managed to avoid hitting…
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From the Archives: The Crusades from A Different Perspective
In every book I write I reach the point where I am so deep in the work that I have to stop writing blog posts and newsletters. I always hope to avoid it. That somehow I’ll be smarter, or faster, or more organized, or just more. This time I’ve managed to avoid hitting the wall…
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