A Lesson from Eudora Welty

A Lesson from Eudora Welty

        “When do I stop doing research and start writing?” That question plagues writers of historical fiction. When you are working on a Ph.D. professors often answer that question this way, “When you pick up a book on your topic and you are...
Fanny Mendelssohn, Another Talented Sister

Fanny Mendelssohn, Another Talented Sister

     Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony plays in my office, and I can imagine the joyful violins heralding spring’s plum blossoms outside my window. As I have been researching Felix Mendelssohn I discovered that he—like Mozart—had an equally talented sister. (Once...

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