I'm offering a free sneak peek of Constance Fenimore Woolson's Miss Grief and Other Stories, to be published by W. W. Norton on February 29, to subscribers of my newsletter. You can read my Introduction and the short story "Solomon" before the book hits bookshelves by subscribing to "The Woolson and Alcott Chronicles" here. Woolson (1840-1894) was the most critically acclaimed American woman writer of her era.…
Publication day (Feb. 29) is six and a half weeks away. The pre-publication reviews are in, and now I sit and wait. Or not. I'm not very good at sitting and waiting. So I'm working on getting a few things going. First, another (final) Goodreads giveaway is in progress. If you would like a free copy (not a galley this time) of Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait…
One of the new experiences for me as a trade author is the process of getting reviews. When I published my first two book with an academic press, it took a year or more for reviews to start coming in. This time around, as Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist and Miss Grief and Other Stories get ready for publication on February 29, reviews have…
Here, finally, is my list of female Bildugsromane to read this year as part of the Classics Club's Women's Classic Literature Event 2016. I have only read the first before, and I'm reading the rest as part of my research for a chapter in the book I am writing, tentatively titled Reading Little Women: The History of an American Classic. Many of these are books…