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February 18, 2013

Judging a Book by Its Covers

Just saw this interesting article comparing book covers from the US and the UK. This is a topic of great fascination to authors, who--you may be surprised to learn--may have little input into what the cover of the book will be.

Here are three different covers for The Secrets of Mary Bowser

3 covers

Which do you prefer, and why?
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February 8, 2013

Lincoln and Lois

Delighted to be featured in the current *Canby Herald.* I love leading history programs at the wonderful Canby Library.

Canby Herald

Read the article here: CHarticleCivilWarSeries.pdf

You can find dates and times for the series on my Upcoming Events page.
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February 4, 2013

Pritzker Military Library Features Mary Bowser

Just in time for Black History Month, the Pritzker Military Library posted this great webcast of the presentation I did for them, about the intersections of black history, women's history, and military history.

You can watch it or download the audio podcast over at the the Pritzker site.

Lois at the Pritzker podium

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January 26, 2013

Comments from the Portuguese

I don't speak Portuguese, although Mary Bowser will . . . when the novel comes out in Brazil later this year.

But I was interviewed in the Portuguese magazine ípsilon.

Ipsilon

Here's a PDF of the article.

If you happen to speak Portuguese, please read it and let me know if I'm brilliant or a dork or what.
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January 24, 2013

I’d Like to Thank the Academy

Darlene Clark Hine is a renowned historian. Her book A Shining Thread of Hope was one of the first comprehensive surveys of African American women's history.

Leveen and Hine photo

And Shining Thread is where I first learned about Mary Bowser. So without Darlene--there would be no novel!

I am incredibly flattered that she came to hear me speak at the Pritzker Military Library, and incredibly proud to have earned her compliments on The Secrets of Mary Bowser.

I read a scene that she said made her cry. Then that made me cry. We were a couple of faklempt scholars of African American studies, yes indeed we were.
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