Feb 16, 2021
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Lunch break
She's a Witch! Burn Her!
She’s a Witch! Burn Her!
What better way to celebrate Good Friday and Easter than talking all about my latest read, The Witches by Stacy Schiff, A rollicking good romp about pacts with Satan, possession, and the brutal execution of innocents. Happy Easter!
Schiff’s book is a hefty historical look at the Salem witch trials that I was saving for a some time off. Yup, that’s about as crazy as all my spring breaks get.…
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Another piece for the Slate Book Review of Cleopatra author Stacey Schiff’s The Witches. The books a new look at the viral insanity of the Salem Witch trial, and try to untangle the whole affair (with a very enlightening review by Laura Miller). Man - Puritans be crazy.
Surrounded by a deep and comfortable sea of blank space, she is right there--one end of a luminous brain-bridge--plain as day, front and center, hidden in full view.
Stacey Schiff, from Vera: Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov (thanks, kellyvariant)