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Articles and essays I've done recently:

In PopMatters.com, some thoughts on Netflix's recent Ozark series.

In A Writer of History, the challenges of writing violent scenes in historical fiction.

In Reading the Past, a playlist of the music that inspired me while writing THE LANGUAGE OF TREES.

In Beatrice, reflections on the utopian experience in America.

On Nicole Evelina's blog, a meditation on writing strong female characters during historical eras when strong women were considered abnormal--or worse.



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From rural Missouri to the rest of the world.