My writing life
From early childhood, when I insisted on integrating the Catholic School Boys' Playground, I've been a feminist. Using my pen, I've written scholarly, mass market books, and articles concerning inequalities of gender, race, and class. This site introduces many of these writings. I first explored these elements while a social researcher at Johns Hopkins University.
At Sonoma State University my students demanded more material on women's history, so I shifted my research to biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I discovered London's second wife Charmian Kittredge. Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to Jack London, I explored all the women connected to him: mother, stepsister, wives, friends.
My latest essay is "Aesthetics, Androgyny, and Identity: Charmian Kittredge London’s Artful Life," for a 2017 Women's Studies. Contact me if you would like a copy.
My first fiction book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall. This spoof is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system. http://tiny.cc/li4vdy
Currently I am preparing educational materials, scores, and scripts for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama. With the group's director, Corinne Swall, I co-wrote Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook.
My next goal for this site is to add PDFs of my major scholarly papers on Jack London. Some of these are difficult to see for those not at major universities.
At Sonoma State University my students demanded more material on women's history, so I shifted my research to biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I discovered London's second wife Charmian Kittredge. Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to Jack London, I explored all the women connected to him: mother, stepsister, wives, friends.
My latest essay is "Aesthetics, Androgyny, and Identity: Charmian Kittredge London’s Artful Life," for a 2017 Women's Studies. Contact me if you would like a copy.
My first fiction book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall. This spoof is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system. http://tiny.cc/li4vdy
Currently I am preparing educational materials, scores, and scripts for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama. With the group's director, Corinne Swall, I co-wrote Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook.
My next goal for this site is to add PDFs of my major scholarly papers on Jack London. Some of these are difficult to see for those not at major universities.
E-mail is the best way to contact me.