Read what the author of “Cleopatra: A Life” and other biographies says about research, organization and writing, from her recent Portland Literary Arts lecture.
Writing advice from “The Help”
I’ve been mesmerized by “The Help,” Kathryn Stockett’s book about the complicated relationship between black maids and the white families they worked for in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s. I picked it up at an airport bookstore earlier this week and have been sneaking in a few pages every chance I get. I’ll save my […]