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Happy International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day!
For those of you who don't regularly celebrate International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day, here's a brief description from…
Anne GoodSeptember 19, 2025
Salt and Memory
My end-of-summer reading included "Time Shelter" by Georgi Gospodinov, a future dystopia about memory and…
Anne GoodAugust 27, 2025
In the News, part 2: “America’s Oldest Firm Meets Its End”
A recent article on MSN announced: "America's Oldest Firm Meets Its End. Some Argue Its…
Anne GoodMay 27, 2025
In the News, part 1: The Gulf of Mexico – A guest post by Stephanie Leitch
Earlier this year, an historical op-ed by Stephanie Leitch appeared in several news outlets: "Will…
Anne GoodMay 23, 2025
Potato Apotheosis
A few of months ago, a headline in the Minnesota Daily proclaimed: “Paisley Purple potato…
Anne GoodJanuary 23, 2025
“The Place of the Cure of the Soul”
I read an enchanting book over the holidays: Irene Vallejo’s Papyrus: The Invention of Books…
Anne GoodJanuary 13, 2025
Something ancient; something new
My previous post, “The teeth of time,” drew inspiration from one of the brief tangents…
Anne GoodJuly 31, 2024
“The teeth of time”
I have been reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (New…
Anne GoodMay 22, 2024
“Archival Shouting”
In a recent article in Perspectives: The newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, Karin Wulf…
Anne GoodMay 13, 2024
The Byrne Sisters at the James Ford Bell Library
Anne Frances (1775-1837), Mary (1776-1847), Letitia (1779-1849), and Elizabeth (fl. 1809-1849) Byrne were sisters and…
Anne GoodMarch 26, 2024