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A few years ago, who could imagine that a daytime TV show would frankly discuss the subject of abortion? Yet that’s what happened in Hartford, CT, as the wildly popular “Great Day Connecticut” show produced by WFSV-Channel 3 invited me … Continue reading →

Smart and inquisitive audience members kept me on my toes as I presented slide talks based on my book, The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, in two New England cities where illegal abortion flourished in the 1880s and 1890s. On … Continue reading →

I was honored to be interviewed by Paul Bass on New Haven’s WNHH Dateline New Haven show. Decades ago, Paul and I worked together at an alternative news and culture weekly paper called the New Haven Advocate. Knowing his formidable … Continue reading →

I’m proud to have gotten this review from Theresa Kaminski, a historian and sister writer, who I knew only through Zoom until a few weeks ago when we met in NYC. The author of several books, including Dr. Mary Walker’s … Continue reading →

Today is the publication date of “The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill,” which, sadly, would have marked the 51st birthday of Roe v Wade had it not been overturned. To note the occasion, I wrote two op-eds—for the Daily News … Continue reading →

The day before the launch of my newest title, The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, marked 51 years since Roe v. Wade guaranteed all Americans the constitutional right to an abortion. Explaining why the US Supreme Court overturned Roe in … Continue reading →

As we approach the release date of my next book, “The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill,” I ask Hollywood to update its abortion scripts. (The link to the piece as it appeared in the Courant is here.) November 24, 2023 … Continue reading →

The new sign on Route 255 is green, and my writer friends are green with envy. It isn’t every day that a nonfiction author sees a state road named for the hero of her book, but that’s what happened to … Continue reading →

I was delighted to read the pre-publication review of The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, to be released in January 2024! Almost a year to go before publication, but this is heartening. The reviewer clearly understood how this story sheds … Continue reading →