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The Hazards of Cryptology
David Kahn called it the Yardley Symptom, the compulsion of the cryptologist to chip away at the puzzle throughout his waking moments. He turns the letters over in his mind even as he... READ MORE
“So Many Lives, So Few Pages: Deciding what to include and what to leave out when telling a life story”
Video Conferencing Presentation on my process writing “The Many Lives of Eddie Rickenbacker.Thursday, October 8, 7:00-7:45 pmZoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/85376796720 Passcode: MLER451 READ MORE
Of Biography and Heroes
I wrote a tenth grade English research paper on Douglas MacArthur. For whatever reason–most likely the limitations of my sources (source!) or the limitations of my reading of same–I focused primarily on his... READ MORE
Guerrilla Wife
Guerra = “war” in Spanish. Guerrilla = “little war.” In English, guerilla more often means a fighter in one of those little wars. Louise Spencer’s husband, an engineer for an American mining company... READ MORE
Context Matters: Why I Read Broadly
The Many Lives of Eddie Rickenbacker is coming out in two months. Just last month I completed and approved the final changes to the manuscript. Near the end of the process I panicked... READ MORE