[Jon and I have been part of a book club since Ted and Anne Gleason, who are no longer with us, started the group—they called us the Oracles. Each year we pick a theme and at the end of the season...
[Jon and I have been part of a book club since Ted and Anne Gleason, who are no longer with us, started the group—they called us the Oracles. Each year we pick a theme and at the end of the season...
This morning, on International Women's Day, I am thinking of the several remarkable women about whom I have written: Lucretia Mott, Anne Frank, Abigail Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, and...
In 2020, the new $20 bill will feature Harriet Tubman. Also appearing on new U.S. currency will be Lucretia Mott and Eleanor Roosevelt. All three are subjects of my biographies—and the topic of a...
What I’d like to share with you this afternoon is one of the Pulitzer Center's new media projects—an e-book called "Flight from Syria: Refugee Stories"—a look behind the scenes at the lives of...
Last week, I visited St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia, to speak with 7th graders about "Congo's Children." Rebecca Cooper, the middle school religion teacher, had invited me...
William Zinsser died this week. He was 92. He left behind the classic, "On Writing Well," not only well-known, but much used. I heard the news of his death on NPR in a brilliant piece that paid...