Interviewing Lynne Olson at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
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A great conversation with Lynne Olson, author of a biography of French archaeologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt.
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Notes from BIO Craft Lab
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Tips from accomplished biographers about how they create what they create.
Read MoreStorytelling: An Interview with Jessica Piscitelli Robinson
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Learn about the process of storytelling from an expert.
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Northeast North Carolina Underground Railroad: Sea, Swamp, Solidarity
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Consider the challenge of an escape from slavery via the watery depths.
Read MoreRenaming Army Bases: Long Overdue, On the Cusp
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Will the 10 remaining Army bases named for Confederates finally be renamed? As of mid-December, the bill awaits the president’s signing or veto.
Read MoreWomen in the Civil War: Two Books and a Zoom Talk
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When I moderated a History Author talk on Zoom, I spoke with two authors with very different ways to approach the topic of women in the Civil War.
Read MoreThe Black Military Experience in the Civil War
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A fascinating talk by Leslie Rowland, director of the Freedmen & Southern Society Project, on the Black Military Experience during the Civil War—drawn from National Archives documents.
Read MoreTurning Your Idea into a Book...or Something Else
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Here’s a short hand-out that I used at a writing-for-publication workshop last week.
Read MoreWashington Writers Conference 2018
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My own panel, and lots more learned (and a shot in the arm) from colleagues.
Read MoreThey Knew Lincoln
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A conversation at Ford's Theatre on April 16--D.C. Emancipation Day--between historian Kate Masur and journalist Michele Norris about this fascinating book and its original author, John E. Washington
Read MoreHarriet Jacobs Alive (sort of)
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An evening with Nikki O'Dell, who portrayed Harriet Jacobs in the PBS documentary Slavery and the Making of America.
Read MoreLost Alexandria
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Lance Mallamo helped a rapt audience "find" some pieces of lost Alexandria.
Read MoreChicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
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Watch my conversation with Bjorn Skaptason on Author's Voice at Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Read MoreSgt. Major Christian Fleetwood: USCT Member, Medal of Honor Recipient, Diary Keeper
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Few first-person accounts by USCT are known, which is why the diary of Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood caught my interest.
Read MoreThe Athenaeum in Old Town Alexandria
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Meredith Barber on the history of the Athenaeum building in Old Town Alexandria.
Read MoreSusan Ireland's Boarding House on Seventh Street
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Among Susan Ireland's investments was the building where Clara Barton lived in the 1860s. But how did Ireland get her money, and how could she invest as a woman in that era?
Read MoreMason's Island: or A Bully Little Island in the Potomac*
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Notes from a talk about Theodore Roosevelt Island by NPS expert Brad Krueger, who also spurred my visit there last weekend.
Read MoreCreating & Testing a "Julia Wilbur in Civil War Alexandria" Walking Tour
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I created a Julia Wilbur Walking Tour. Here's how. (And I will do it again, now that I have road-tested it!)
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