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The recently discovered World War II poetry by Joan Wehlen Morrison (edited by her daughter, Susan Signe Morrison), author of Home Front Girl, tells a unique – and true -- story as this teenager loses her innocence due to the impending war and its violent arrival.

Gold Medal Winner in the category of Wisdom Poetry [2021 Human Relations Indie Book Awards]
Finalist: 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Award

GRENDEL'S MOTHER: THE SAGA OF THE WYRD-WIFE

GRENDEL'S MOTHER: THE SAGA OF THE WYRD-WIFE tells the story of Beowulf from the point of view of the women.

Winner: Words on Wings Book Award for young adult fiction
Finalist for the 2016 Wishing Shelf Book Award in the category of Adult Fiction
Finalist for the 2014-2015 Sarton Literary Award for Historical Fiction
Finalist for Foreward Reviews' 2015 Indiefab Book of the Year Award: Historical (Adult Fiction)

HOME FRONT GIRL: A DIARY OF LOVE, LITERATURE, AND GROWING UP IN WARTIME AMERICA

The actual diaries of a teenage girl living in Chicago just before World War II and as the war begins.

Named by the Children's Book Committee of the Bank Street College of Education to the Best Children's Book of the Year 2013 list (Memoir: Ages 14 & up).
Gold Medal in Historical Young Adult
Words on Wings Book Award

A MEDIEVAL WOMAN'S COMPANION: WOMEN'S LIVES IN THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES

This book, filled with images, tells the stories of the virtuous virgins, marvelous maidens, and fierce feminists of the Middle Ages who trail-blazed paths for women today. Ideal for high school and college classroom use in courses ranging from history and literature to women's and gender studies.

Gold Medal Winner in College Nonfiction by Literary Classics;
Bronze Medal Winner for the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in Women's Studies;
Honorable Mention in Adult Nonfiction and Young Adult Nonfiction.

THE LITERATURE OF WASTE: MATERIAL ECOPOETICS AND ETHICAL MATTER

New Materialist approach to comparative literature focusing on waste--garbage, trash, and detritus--and its metaphorical and ethical impact.

EXCREMENT IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: SACRED FILTH AND CHAUCER'S FECOPOETICS

Why does excrement appear so frequently in medieval literature, especially the works by Geoffrey Chaucer? Do you dare to find out?

WOMEN PILGRIMS IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: PRIVATE PIETY AS PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

The first book to ever focus on medieval women pilgrims--in history, in literature, and in art.

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A Writer's Story: Guest Post for Reading the Past

June 18, 2016

The Roget's Thesaurus I used to write Grendel's Mother

Here's my guest post for Sarah Johnson's wonderful blog, Reading the Past, about all things having to do with historical fiction. Enjoy.

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