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In Times Like These

November 21, 2018

Sometimes, the past is more modern than the present. … More In Times Like These

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“My Pearls! Where are my pearls?!”

April 2, 2018

It was 1928, before the stock market crash, when people still had jewels to lose. Emilie Loring’s publisher, Penn, announced a Prize Play competition. All plays had to have three acts and be well adapted to an amateur cast. At first, she didn’t bite. She was still writing The Solitary Horseman, and when she turned that in … More “My Pearls! Where are my pearls?!”

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Sometimes, a Real Vacation Calls!

June 11, 2017

Do you ever start out to do one thing and then decide on something entirely different? I was all set to write a post about post-war realism in literature and Emilie Loring’s decision to write entertaining, adventure/romance stories instead. In fact, I had the post fully written and only needed to select a few quotations … More Sometimes, a Real Vacation Calls!

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Sometimes, It Pays to Look Deeper

May 12, 2017

The more I read, the more I appreciate Emilie Loring’s artistry. … More Sometimes, It Pays to Look Deeper

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from Valentine Loring Titus, Emilie Loring’s granddaughter:

“I am personally grateful to Patti for filling out a dim, long-ago picture of my grandmother. Her skillful, sensitive portrait brings Emilie alive for me and adds many new dimensions--hard working, organized, feminist--with an extraordinary sense of optimism, and faith that things would turn out all right.”

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