One of my favorite editors in the world, John Wilson at Books and Culture, just put up a reflective and interesting podcast about the History of the Medieval World. (Note–the podcast will [...]
I pre-ordered a copy of The History of the Medieval World from Amazon.com months ago, back when the book went into production (I always do this, just to keep tabs on availability). Today I get [...]
Yesterday was my day to run around in Williamsburg with the kids and do errands in time to avoid the massive First Night crowds which are even now descending on the ‘burg. We did grocery [...]
I’m back from my off-the-grid Christmas week. Much more rested, ready to get back to work, and…er…five pounds heavier. It is just cosmically unfair that it’s even POSSIBLE [...]
This morning’s New York Times repeated some of the same points I made in my post about the closure of Kirkus: Booksellers gave mixed reviews about Kirkus’s influence. Some said they read [...]
If you have a blog and you’d like to review the History of the Medieval World, you can get an advance copy…now! Email [email protected] for details. (We now return you to [...]
No, this isn’t a reflection on what e-books are going to do to publishing; it’s just a notification that my blogs (both this one and the Well-Trained Mind blog) are now available on [...]
I spent the first part of this week in New York: people to see, business to do, obscure books to consult, and a visit to the Norton fall sales conference cocktail party. Which was delightful [...]
My brother Bob (super-tech/father of brand-new twins) has been suggesting for at least a year that I start a new blog over at welltrainedmind.com for topics that are purely home-school related: [...]
If you want to preview the flap copy for the upcoming book, read on (and please forgive the self-promotion, it’s what we writers do.) A History of the Medieval World From the Conversion of [...]
Up early this morning wrestling with the history of northern India, so this is a quick note: the interview I did with Lewis Lapham is up at Lapham’s Quarterly. Now I have to go figure out [...]
First mention of the History of the Medieval World in a journal: this shout-out from Library Journal in a column called “Prepub Exploded: February 2010″: Bauer, Susan Wise. The [...]
