Tag: Quaker
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Keeping Track (or Not)
I rarely pay attention to how my books are selling; popularity was never the point of producing them (although both my publisher and I are pleased when they do well). That said, this past September Sowing the Seed of Truth: Orthodox Quaker Sermons of Murray Shipley (1873-1876) came out in hardcover, so I sent an…
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What Makes the Cut?
One of the reasons that I decided to write a biography of Murray Shipley was because of the breadth of his life experiences. When you think about Levi Coffin, you associate him primarily with abolition—his work in the Underground Railroad and Western Freedmen’s Aid Society. Murray, on the other hand, took part in almost every…
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Judging a Book by Its Cover
Apparently, the old maxim is wrong: you can judge a book by its cover, or at least get a feel for its content. A good book cover designer considers the significance of the color palette, typeface, photos or graphics, and positioning of the design elements. A good cover does more than communicate the book’s title;…
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Lights! Camera! Action!
This past Thursday, I met with the crew of Elwin Studios at the Cincinnati Friends meetinghouse library to talk about the Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin for their documentary series, Agents of the Underground Railroad. Elwin Studios is a small production company made up of six brothers and sisters whose diverse skills—including writing, cinematography, and digital…
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A Quaker by Any Other Name
Many genealogists are thrilled when they discover that they have a Quaker ancestor–not because that confers any particular honor by association, but because Friends are such meticulous record keepers. Quaker meetings keep track of when a person was born to members of that meeting, along with the names of their parents; when and to whom…
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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.…
Sabrina Darnowsky 