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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter – –“Ode on a Grecian Urn,” John Keats, 1819 This is my entry for the “Fiction Comp – All writers are welcome – #1 Week 1” fiction writing competition hosted by @kyrios. Writing Prompt: Having … Continue reading →

      Otto Warmbier I’m Haunted. As a mother, as an American, as a doofus who’s done all sorts of stupid things that could’ve gotten me killed, one way or another. “Stupid White Boy, Stupid Frat Boy: He Had … Continue reading →

“To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.” –Hermann Hesse Well, that’s easier said than done. In historical fiction, more so than the classroom, we find the lessons we must learn and commit … Continue reading →

The Prisoner in His Palace Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid  by Will Bardenwerper 5-May-2017 Monday morning, when the alarm radio went off, NPR’s Rachel Martin was talking to author Will Bardenwerper about his book The … Continue reading →

Mollie Burkhart (right) with sister Anna and mother Lizzie. (Credit: David Grann)  In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the … Continue reading →

“Both nature and nurture would become the anvil that would forge Raymond Washington into a formidable leader, warrior, gang member, tactician, and eventually an urban legend in the punishing and unforgiving streets of Los Angeles,” Zach Fortier writes.   A modern Robin … Continue reading →