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The History department at my undergrad alma mater, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, interviewed me about my book Stealing History, working life, and making one’s way as an independent journalist. I’m a product of Massachusetts public education from first grade through college, and that’s one element that runs through just about everything I write. Click […]
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Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors-some eminent, some less well known-who grew up tough and talented in working-class America.
Read MoreWonderfully varied . . .
Julia Prewitt Brown, author of Jane Austen's Novels: Social Change and Literary Form
In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what’s left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their historical significance.
Read MoreIt’s a must-read.
Heather Pringle, author of The Mummy Congress
