Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha” was pretty much the extent of any ‘Indian’ literature of my childhood. Well, that and a book about Squanto that I remember checking out at least once, possibly more…

I’d been working for almost a year at the public library when I first learned of its history. Early in the 20th century, during the coal boom, the town was still new with wooden sidewalks, saloons, churches, schools, and a library…

When lecturing to college students, history professor Judith Shaw advised including murder and sex. That was the surefire way of getting—and keeping—the students’ attention. The same holds true for catching the eye…

1619 Project—1984—Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian—Animal Farm—Awakening—Beloved—Bless Me, Ultima—Bluest Eye—Brave New World—Call of the Wild—Catcher in the Rye—Clockwork Orange…

It will come as no surprise that I didn’t play team sports in school. However, I was in Band, which I would argue takes more coordination as we played instruments while performing maneuvers on the football field…

I love a good mystery. It can be a nice little cozy or historical or thriller or legal or rather bloody in nature—if there’s a good plot and I can’t quite figure out whodunit, then I know it’s a good read…