During a delicious dinner with my pal Ted last month in Williamsburg, VA, we talked about writing. The category of academic writing in particular came up because Ted’s first book (based in part on his Ph.D. dissertation)–called Family Bonds: Free Blacks and Re-enslavement Law in Antebellum Virginia–was about to be published. He shared with me […]
Category: writer’s life
This adapted excerpt comes from my forthcoming memoir. I’ve been defying the odds since my terminal cancer diagnosis. Actually, since before the diagnosis. In late January 2011, I had another sinus infection accompanied by some heart flutters. I went to my primary care physician in Williamsburg, Virginia, and as part of his protocol, he drew […]