Posts Tagged "Inspiration"

Serendipity: Inspiration for “Haunt Me Still”

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Serendipity: Inspiration for “Haunt Me Still”

“I don’t know.” Three simple words. One potent and seductive phrase…

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Inspiration — Interred With Their Bones

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Inspiration — Interred With Their Bones

One autumn evening early in graduate school, poking about in a corner of Harvard’s Widener Library, I came upon an old set of books…

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How I Came to Write about Smallpox

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How I Came to Write about Smallpox

I’m often asked how I came to write about smallpox. I found Lady Mary in a literary footnote fantasizing about Circassian slaves…

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