Pearl Goodbar, the lead character in my novel Found in Pieces, has guts. And she stands on the shoulders of giants. Readers say what they like most about her are her work ethic, her dogged [...]
Looking on the Good Side
Pearl and the Pioneering Newspaperwomen Who Paved Her Way
While I was writing Found in Pieces—my second novel about the 1950s South—no one asked me why I chose a woman newspaper editor as the main character. But if they had, I would have said, [...]
“Getting Right” with Racial Equality and Equal Justice
This blog may aggravate some people, though it shouldn’t. In any case, as a long-time professional educator and historian and now an author of novels intended to illuminate the evils of racial discrimination, I would [...]
Oh Compassion, Compassion! Wherefore Art Thou?
Help me out here. I’m trying to understand. Especially now, during the current uptick in the Covid-19 pandemic and with what is happening with doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel all across our country. But [...]
Missing Amelia
If you love animals and the special bonds that form between them and humans, or if you simply need a reminder that love and kindness still exist in our topsy-turvy world, you will identify with [...]
Ruminating about What to Say, or Not, on Social Media
Several times in recent days I’ve been asked why, as a historian, I haven’t had more to say on social media about current social and political issues and events, particularly as they relate to the [...]