The Names Women Left Behind: What Surnames Reveal About the Stories We Almost Lost
Nancy Polk Hall on what surnames — especially the ones women gave up — reveal about forgotten histories, and why she researches names as obsessively as she researches events.
The Book for a Long Spring Afternoon — Why This Is the Season to Finally Read Call of the Blackbird
Spring changes what we want from a book. Nancy Polk Hall on why this is the season for Call of the Blackbird — and the kind of reading that stays with you.