PART IV: THE U.S. GOES OUT OF ITS TREE FOR ELLEN Originally posted Dec. 29, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora...

Part XIII: LOVE Originally published August 30, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora...

Part XII: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY GHOSTWRITER… Originally published August 23, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...

PART X: ANNA CORA’S NO GOOD VERY BAD LONDON DEBUT Originally posted August 9, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...

PART IX: A CHILLY RECEPTION IN MANCHESTER Originally posted Aug. 2, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

DAVENPORT – THE STORIES – Part II Originally posted May 10, 2021 The career of E.L. Davenport bears witness to the fact that the man’s...

DAVENPORT, THE ACTOR Originally posted April 26, 2021 Had she not taken on Edward Loomis Davenport as an acting partner in the fall of...

Originally published August 17, 2020 As you may intuit from the title of this week’s blog, I am not yet ready to wrap up my series on...

Originally published May 5, 2020 [This blog is also available in an abridged video format.] May 10, 2020 marked the 171 anniversary of...

Originally published May 4, 2020 I haven’t devoted a blog to the Watts scandal for some time now. It has not left my thoughts, though....

Originally posted April 6, 2020 I have just finished recording an audiobook of “Mimic Life” for Librivox.org and have been reflecting...