Nativity stories that provoke, encourage, and perhaps even inspire
Talking with Amy-Jill Levine about what foreshadows the familiar nativity stories of Advent.
All posts tagged: Author interviews
Pull up a chair and let’s talk
Summarizing 20 conversations with authors about writing, truth, the past, the present, and life’s lessons.
A wild dream, an old Victorian, and a few grapevines from a kind neighbor
Rich Moran chats with me about his memoir of how an old house and a vineyard changed his life.
Observing history through a wider lens
European military historian Jeremy Black, MBE answers my questions about his new work, “The Civil War.”
Observations from . . . September 2025
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during September 2025.
A love letter to small towns
Q&A with Robyn Ryle about her new novel of linked stories on living in community in small towns.
Observations from . . . August 2025
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during August 2025.
Talking murder mysteries with Anna Scotti
My conversation with Anna Scotti about her latest mystery “It’s Not Even Past.”
A history of the City of Light
Q&A with Jeremy Black, MBE, on his recent book “Paris: A Short History.”
Challenging a narrative of rupture between past and present
A conversation with the editors of a new book on the writings and work of Gustavo Giovannoni.
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