Category: All Things Shipley
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A Tale of Two Bibliographies
Unlike Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally, when I pick up a new book, I do not read the last page first so that I’ll know how the story ends in case I die before I can finish reading it. For non-fiction, however, I do sometimes start by taking a peek at the bibliography.…
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The Writing on the Wall
These days all youngsters are taught how to print, but only 21 states require primary school students to learn cursive. Clearly we are not adequately preparing the next generation for 19th-century scholarship. Working on my book Sowing the Seed of Truth involved many mostly happy hours of transcribing the script in Murray Shipley’s handwritten journal.…
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In Awe of Librarians
Seek and ye shall find, say the scriptures. They’re not talking about libraries, but I remain in awe of the knowledge of librarians. One of the target audiences for my book Sowing the Seed of Truth is libraries of colleges and universities with religious studies programs, as well as seminary libraries. So how shall I…
Sabrina Darnowsky 