Lady Mary in Pictures
Before her bout with smallpox Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a famously beautiful woman. She was painted many times, before and after…
Read MoreJennifer on All Things Considered (NPR)
Jennifer talks about “The Speckled Monster” and smallpox with Michele Norris on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
Read MoreJennifer on The Diane Rehm Show (NPR)
Jennifer talks about smallpox and “The Speckled Monster” with Diane Rehm on NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show” (June 20, 2003)…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreThere’s Nothing Small About Smallpox
The course of the disease from rash to pocks to scabs…
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Occasional musings about stories, history, art, ideas, and the adventures of a writer's life...
