Historical Fiction – Ring Reads

‘Perspective(s)’ Gives Gossip Without the Guilt

A shadowy detail from a Renaissance-looking painting of a young woman's unsmiling face.

The epistolary nature of Perspective(s), along with the framing of the letters as centuries-old discoveries, blunt the unfolding of the unhappier plot elements, letting us sit back and relish the political intrigue.

‘Dragons’ A Poignant Commentary on Sexism, Self

My day job right now has me looking through lots of records—many primary sources—on the ways heteronormative gender roles were constructed and enforced during the midcentury decades. Looking back at the rigid structure our collective grandmothers were expected to squeeze into, and the lack of rights they had within it, is both sobering and enragingContinue reading “‘Dragons’ A Poignant Commentary on Sexism, Self”