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Dear Diary
On Writing Historical Fiction
On Indie Publishing
On Latvia

Mar 11
2 min

American Latvian Association Cultural Foundation Awards Grant to My Historical Fiction Series

Thank you! Paldies! To the American Latvian Association Cultural Foundation for supporting The Linden Tree & the Legionnaire series.

Diana Mathur

Feb 28
3 min

Soundtrack to a Revolution

Subversive 80s rock band Pērkons a stepping stone to freedom in Latvia, and brought to life in a VR Rockumentary directed by Cory McLeod.

Diana Mathur

Jan 11
2 min

Surviving Eastern Front and Gulag with Optimism Intact

Bankovičs memoir of the Latvian Legion, Gulag prison camp is translated in crisp, haunting language. Reviewer asks what could have

Diana Mathur

Dec 17, 2019
1 min

Saturday is Winter Solstice

Savor the dark. Embrace seclusion and quiet. Sip hot bone broth. Read, introspect, hibernate, be still.

Diana Mathur

Jun 3, 2019
1 min

Petrea Burchard - Narrator

Petrea Burchard - Narrator, actor, and author read at the May 19, 2019 meeting of the So Cal chapter of the Historical Novel Society.

Diana Mathur

Jun 3, 2019
2 min

Jenny Quinlan Speaks to So Cal Chapter of the Historical Novel Society May 2019

Trends in historical fiction: dual time lines, first person pov, and the present tense. WWII is the new Tudor novel. YES.

Diana Mathur

Mar 19, 2019
2 min

Erin Davies, Historical Fiction Reader

The voracious, prolific, knowledgable, opinionated and sassy Erin Davies inspired us on so many levels. For those who missed her at the r...

Diana Mathur

Jan 22, 2019
6 min

Nobel Laureate Schiller's address to Baltic Boston on the American Dream

European Project, Baltic Dream, Paths Forward Where American Dream Falters Robert J. Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale Uni...

Diana Mathur

Jan 21, 2019
1 min

My favorite writing haunt in Topanga Canyon: Cafe Mimosa

A small cup of angel cards sits on the pastry vitrine at Café Mimosa, where patrons may divine a message while Claire Denis steams their ...

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