Tag Archives: Joan Waugh

Unpublished: What’s Not in the O.R.s?

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Chris Mackowski

As Walt Whitman famously said, “The real war will never get in the books.” When I think if “unpublished sources,” I start wondering broadly about what never made it into print. As this series has demonstrated, there’s a ton of … Continue reading →

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Long Time a’ Comin’

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Meg Groeling

Topics like “Women Who Have Inspired You” usually have one format: a younger person looks back to an older mentor and sings her praises. I do not have that luxury. I am old, and all the professors who inspired me … Continue reading →

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Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions told until they are believed to be true

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Part nine in a series “Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true,” Ulysses S. Grant said in his Personal Memoirs.[1] Grant was specifically referring to a fiction “based on … Continue reading →

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