Tag: autobiography

July 17, 2019

Book Excerpt! Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events

 “A personal, firsthand tour through one of the great scientific revolutions of the past several centuries, from a major contributor to that revolution.” ~Daniel Davis, Stony Brook University This week we’re featuring Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of...

March 29, 2019

Media Roundup: Biographies, Memoirs, and Letters About Women in History

In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we are featuring books about women. From collections of letters to biographies to one story about a Manchu princess turned spy, each work highlights the achievement and power of womanhood and the female...

July 24, 2015

On Grief: Poems by Alexandra Butler, author of "Walking the Night Road"

Read a curated selection of poems by Alexandra Butler, author of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF.

July 23, 2015

Memories of Robert Butler

Read an excerpt from WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, a memoir by Alexandra Butler.

July 23, 2015

The Surgery

Read an excerpt from the beginning of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, a memoir by Alexandra Butler.

July 22, 2015

Coming of Age in Grief

Read an excerpt from the beginning of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, a memoir by Alexandra Butler.

July 21, 2015

Experts on Aging, Dying as They Lived

Read an article by Alexandra Butler, author of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, that originally appeared in The New York Times Opinionator blog, The End.