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Amy Hill Hearth

American Writer Specializing in Historical Fiction, Biographies, and Oral Histories. 117-Week New York Times Bestselling Author with the Delany Sisters of the oral history book Having Our Say. Honors include a Peabody Award, two American Library Association Notable Books, and the Septima Clark "Women in Literature" Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.

 
 
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A Tribute to the Queen of Book Clubs

August 28, 2014
One of the most extraordinary and influential persons in book publishing today is a woman from Texas who thinks nothing of walking around Manhattan publishing circles with a tiara on her head.

If you see her, look out, that’s Kathy L. Murphy, founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club, the largest book club in the world with more than 600 chapters. She exudes a lovely combination of kindness, confidence (but never arrogance), and old fashioned American “can-do” optimism.  Read More 

Moonbeams, Rosy Cheeks and the Power of Folk Wisdom

August 14, 2014
Tags: Delany Sisters

Sunday night the moon was so huge and the sky so clear that if I’d kept the drapes open I could have read a book by moonlight. As the moon rose and a moonbeam began to cross the living room floor through a window above our front door, I paused to marvel at its intensity and beauty. Then I stepped back abruptly. Why? Because I remembered some old folk wisdom I learned from the Delany Sisters.

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The Art of Communication

August 1, 2014
The note was attached to the front page of our morning newspaper. “Dear customer,” it read, “I am taking over my daughter’s route for the next few weeks. Getting up very early to drive the route is too hard for her at this time. She is expecting a baby in the next few  Read More 
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