Nellie Bly made several attempts at a regular column across her career. She was much more successful towards the end of her life, but she had a run of several months from the end of 1894 to early 1895 under the heading of “Nellie Bly Says.” These seem to be
In 1891, Dr. Charles Parkhurst, a clergyman elected president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, launched a campaign against Tammany Hall’s political and social corruption. He exposed their connections with the police and their role in shielding crime and vice. Challenging Tammany Hall from the pulpit
In the space between the Capulet Ball and the famous Window Scene, we have a terrific mockery of love performed by an inebriated Mercutio, with a tipsy Benvolio laughing and shushing him. Early on, Mercutio tries to summon Romeo by invoking ‘love’:MERCUTIORomeo, Humours, Madman, Passion, Louer,Appeare thou in the likenesse
Hello, friends! Here’s some October news from Blixt World.Collaborations are a joy. I’m working on two books with two friends of mine, Lisa Yarde and Shawn Pfautsch. The books themselves could not be different – one set in 15th-century Granada and the other in WWII America. But conspiring with two
When I’m not writing, I teach theatre history. I often use Star Wars as an example of story structure, so naturally we discuss the films a little.Recently, a student asked me what changes I would make to Star Wars. It’s a question I get a lot. Now, having grown up with