Welcome to almost-spring! I write this with gray skies, the temperature just above freezing, and rain and small hail alternating against my window. But outside that window, pushing up amidst the leavings of last year’s garden are four-inch daffodils and eight-inch daylilies. I take heart. Once again, I undertook a survey of cultural and literary … More Cultural and Literary References in The Solitary Horseman
If you had an afternoon to spend with Emilie Loring, what would you ask her? What’s your favorite song? Do you have a copy of the short story that Victor wrote? What did you keep in the secret drawer behind your bookshelf? How did Victor propose? Today, Emilie answers a question she often received from … More “How to Begin” by Emilie Loring
In the search for renewed vitality, a feeling of refreshment, Emilie Loring’s novels light the way. “If, when they reach ‘the end’ they forget to go back for their problems and march blithely toward the day’s work pepped up and refreshed, refreshed—it’s a great word, isn’t it—I shall feel that I have achieved something.” Give … More Emilie Loring’s Novels: Where Adventure Meets Refreshment
Kismet Takes a Hand It Always Does Where There’s a Man and a Woman With the sleeves of her blue linen smock rolled above her elbows, Patricia Langdon was intent on soldering a silver box cover. Slender, youthful, she stood with her foot on a treadle and by pressure increased or diminished the heat from … More “Kismet Takes a Hand,” A Short Story by Emilie Loring
One of the most oft-read and re-read Emilie Loring books is Give Me One Summer and no wonder. It has all the ingredients of the perfect summer vacation. … More Give Me One Summer by Emilie Loring: A Timeless Summer Vacation Novel
I recently recorded an episode for the entertaining podcast “Lost Ladies of Lit” with Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. You can listen to the episode here. It was great to give Emilie Loring some time in the spotlight, and I hope you will give it a listen. It still seems odd to think of Emilie … More Smart Romances for Smart Women
My grandpa’s fourth grade reader changed my notions of what children read at the turn of the last century. I don’t know of any fourth grade, mine included, that assigns Daniel Defoe to nine and ten year olds. Emilie Loring and my grandfather, although a generation apart, both studied the classics as a matter of … More What the Children Read
The Emilie Loring Collection 