“Ghostwriter” is based on the true story of my being hired by the University of Mississippi to ghostwrite “Fair Youth,” a novel, for a potential donor (Gertrude C. Ford, now deceased) for a planned $20M performing arts project. “Mrs. F” was convinced that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was William Shakespeare and that she was the reincarnation of de Vere’s alleged mistress, Queen Elizabeth I. (“A rich and amusing literary memoir with a conspiratorial twist.” Kirkus)
“Fair Youth” explores the legend that a romance between Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, and Queen Elizabeth I, 37, produced a son, Henry, born in secret, who grows up to be the “Fair Youth” of Shake-Speare’s sonnets. When Queen Elizabeth refuses to acknowledge Henry as her heir, he joins the Essex Rebellion and makes a vain attempt to seize the throne. He is sentenced to death but Elizabeth leaves orders for his sentence to be commuted.
Math Tools for Journalists, 3rd Revised Edition, by Kathleen W. Wickham
New Title – Fall, 2023.
Math Tools for Journalists is designed to improve the math skills of journalists by providing them with formulas written in language they can understand and with drill problems developed with an eye to their on- the-job experiences.
Chapters are updated from previous editions, introducing new problems, the inclusion of a chapter on “false news” and a chapter on “artificial intelligence,” bringing this journalism textbook into the 21st century. [Read more…]
Faulkner/Oxford slideshow presented by Larry Wells @ 2022 Southern Festival of Books
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