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Today is apparently National "Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day" in Canada. I'm traveling back 400 years to watch Anne Hutchinson wipe the floor with Puritan Governor John Winthrop during her sedition trial. Where are you going? #NYC #Massachusetts #History #NewYork #NamingGotham #historymatters #awardwinning #books #histodon #booklovers #iykyk @histodons

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Happy 80th Birthday to Billie Jean King. She is DEFINITELY one of the in . Researching and writing the chapter about her was inspiring! I got to relive watching her wipe the floor with Bobby Riggs as a kid. Plus I learned how she has been a leader on and + rights @histodons

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Do films or theatre play a role in your story?

Absolutely. In , Drusilla and Suetonius attend a production of Plautus' "Pseudolas." It gave me an opportunity to talk about social mores in ancient Roman society; men and women were not seated together at most entertainments.

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11.3 — Who is your favorite antagonist? Why?

Wow. It's hard to pick just one ... but I'd have to go with Delphine LaLaurie. She's an actual historical personage ... and she was even worse in real life than she was in my book! She wants Alcide for her daughter, Pauline, in "Bayou Fire," and is willing to go to any length to get her way.

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11.2 — Do your characters play any games?

I had to think about this one ... and the only scene I can think of is in "Bayou Fire," where Alcide Devereaux gambles at cards. There's discussion of another card game in the book, but it's used as part of a ruse.

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Today, we're celebrating the re-launch of

🌟Golden Tiger🌟

by author, Liz Harris!

Liz tells us all about her adventurous publishing journey of this fascinating tale. Check it out! 🥳

https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/awardwinning-author-liz-harris-shares-publishing-journey-for-golden-tiger.html

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Rbratspies, to histodons
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Daniel Mainwaring and I talk about Naming Gotham. We dig deep into what the names NYC gives its roads and bridges tells us about who we think we are, and about who gets to decide what counts as history. Plus, Dan experiences the "joys" of traffic on the Major Deegan. @histodons https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hDiVtiQ3WvnEV4jLDNcyX?si=4fPCfvofTduyyZ5wx33uXg

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Rbratspies, to histodons
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Spent a wonderful evening with a room full of New York historians! So honored that my book Naming Gotham won the 2023 APHNYS award for Excellence in Promoting Local History! @histodons

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Hey Mastodoners (is that a thing?) I just found out that my book Naming Gotham won an award for history excellence!! It's not public yet so I can't share the details, but wow! I am over the moon thrilled. #NamingGotham #AwardWinning #History #histodon @histodons #bookworm #historyteacher #newyork #newyorkcity (photo of some lovely #NYC #streetart just for fun)

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