Willa Cather’s NOT UNDER FORTY; essays that reflect the author’s concern about Western civilization, written after World War I.

Rodman Philbrick’s WE OWN THE SKY; two orphaned siblings are taken in by a famous aviatrix during the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.

Linda Gray Sexton’s SEARCHING FOR MERCY STREET: MY JOURNEY BACK TO MY MOTHER, ANNE SEXTON; love; repair; despair, and death.

Sam Staggs’ INVENTING ELSA MAXWELL: HOW AN IRREPRESSIBLE NOBODY CONQUERED HIGH SOCIETY, HOLLYWOOD, THE PRESS, AND THE WORLD;  always re-inventing herself, the socialite/hostess/songwriter/writer ascended from San Francisco’s middle class to the pinnacle of society in London, Paris, Venice, and Monte Carlo.