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Q & A with editor and consultant Mark Simpson-Vos
Craft Essays

Q & A with editor and consultant Mark Simpson-Vos

After more than 30 years as an editor, he has plenty to say about narrative structure, pitching editors, and the nonfiction book market

By Megan Kate Nelson
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Considering and Reconsidering Ulysses S. Grant
Book Reviews

Considering and Reconsidering Ulysses S. Grant

Two new books add nuance, but no firm conclusions, to historians’ reassessments of the general and president

By Anne E. Marshall
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Jennifer A. Jordan and the Craft of Hands-On History Research
Podcast Episodes

Jennifer A. Jordan and the Craft of Hands-On History Research

Episode 121 of the Drafting the Past Podcast

By Kate Carpenter
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What It's Like to Be On A Book Prize Committee
First Person

What It's Like to Be On A Book Prize Committee

Megan Kate Nelson pulls back the curtain in our debut "first person" column

By Megan Kate Nelson
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A New Debs For a New Era
Book Reviews

A New Debs For a New Era

This New Biography Contextualizes America’s Socialist Past Within Its New Socialist Moment

By Shaun Richman
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Book Reviews

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Q & A with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain

Q & A with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain

By Kate Carpenter

Podcast Episodes

Jennifer A. Jordan and the Craft of Hands-On History Research

Jennifer A. Jordan and the Craft of Hands-On History Research

By Kate Carpenter
Soyica Diggs Colbert Writes the History of Icons Through Their Friendships

Soyica Diggs Colbert Writes the History of Icons Through Their Friendships

By Kate Carpenter

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Q & A with editor and consultant Mark Simpson-Vos

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After more than 30 years as an editor, he has plenty to say about narrative structure, pitching editors, and the nonfiction book market

By Megan Kate Nelson
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Considering and Reconsidering Ulysses S. Grant

Considering and Reconsidering Ulysses S. Grant

Two new books add nuance, but no firm conclusions, to historians’ reassessments of the general and president

By Anne E. Marshall
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Jennifer A. Jordan and the Craft of Hands-On History Research

Jennifer A. Jordan and the Craft of Hands-On History Research

Episode 121 of the Drafting the Past Podcast

By Kate Carpenter
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What It's Like to Be On A Book Prize Committee

What It's Like to Be On A Book Prize Committee

Megan Kate Nelson pulls back the curtain in our debut "first person" column

By Megan Kate Nelson
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A New Debs For a New Era

This New Biography Contextualizes America’s Socialist Past Within Its New Socialist Moment

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Durba Mitra On Doing Feminist History Now

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Q & A with writer and coach Helen Betya Rubinstein

Q & A with writer and coach Helen Betya Rubinstein

You might not agree with every take on writing and education in her provocative new craft book, but she'll certainly make you think

By Kate Carpenter
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10 New Books We Want to Read This November

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Snails, telephones, musical theater, and other subjects that caught our attention

By Kate Carpenter , Megan Kate Nelson
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An Incomplete Guide to the Female Monster

An Incomplete Guide to the Female Monster

A new but limited history of the women who have always terrified men

By Surekha Davies
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Soyica Diggs Colbert Writes the History of Icons Through Their Friendships

Soyica Diggs Colbert Writes the History of Icons Through Their Friendships

Episode 119 of the Drafting the Past podcast with the author of Freedom's Gate

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