Our conversation ranged across the fears of sabotage in America, the role of cork in American industry, innovation, and wartime intelligence.
At the Virginia Festival of the Book’s panel “Commonplace to Critical” Matthew Roth and I spoke with moderator Nina Earnest about everyday items that became sensations. They either went big overnight in wartime, or over the course of a century. Who gets caught in the middle?
In the closing months of World War II, Americans talked about how and when the war would end, and about how life…
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a famously unholy mess. After the 2018 celebration, some wondered if it had gone too far.…
When we arrived in Porto in December 2016, one of the first things I did was try a port wine tasting near…
Recently I reconnected with Baltimore friends at the Pratt Library in an evening event and discussion about Cork Wars, Baltimore and World…
Ahead of the events for Cork Wars in Baltimore last week, I spoke with Sheilah Kast in the studios of WYPR, Baltimore’s…
It’s a pleasure talking with international author C.M. Mayo for the Madam Mayo blog about Cork Wars. She brings a keen writerly…
Audiobook producer Robin J. Sitten talks about the challenges, choices and satisfactions of bringing a compelling story to listeners.
Largehearted Boy, a music and literature website, highlighted a musical pathway into Cork Wars.
