February 2020 - Loretta Goldberg

February 25, 2020February 18, 2020

Review!

Exciting thoughtful recent review form thriller and historical fiction author Gray Basnight. Do check out his novels. Deep appreciation for such an attentive reading. Gray Basnight’s review Jan 23, 2020 Read 2 times. Meticulous research and a smart writing style combine for a story of 16th Century intrigue, espionage, and lust within the courts of …

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February 18, 2020

Sorrel Hays: In Memoriam

Dear friends and readers, My closest friend of over 46 years, composer and pianist Sorrel Doris Hays, died on February 9, 2020. Composer Annea Lockwood and I forced our way through raw feelings to write this initial official obituary, which Sorrel’s friends in Georgia requested, and the estate executor is sending to the media. Last …

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February 14, 2020February 4, 2020

Plagues, Theatres, and Deception: Part 3/3 (or, Are You Sick and Tired of Chocolates and Red Hearts?)

MIRACLE PLAGUES WITHOUT CASUALTIES Dear friends and readers, here’s my concluding on how Elizabeth and her councillors managed each other during political turmoil. My material comes from Barbara Freedman’s superb article Protest, Plague and Plays: Rereading the “Documents of Control.” English Literary Renaissance, Vol. 26 # 1, Winter 1996. University of Chicago Press. Elizabeth was …

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February 7, 2020January 27, 2020

Plagues, Theatres, and Deception: Part 2/3

Dear friends and readers, here’s my continuation on how Elizabeth and her councillors managed each other during political turmoil in the 1580s and 90s. I have drawn my material from Barbara Freedman’s superb article Protest, Plague and Plays: Rereading the “Documents of Control.” English Literary Renaissance, Vol. 26 # 1, Winter 1996. University of Chicago …

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February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Upcoming Events at Connecticut Libraries

I am thrilled to let you know that two libraries have booked me for presentations on The Reversible Mask: Ivoryton Library, Thursday February 27th It is a kick-off event for members of the library announcing planning for their 150th anniversary. I will be the only author and they have persuaded me to wear period …

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