The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (Knopf).
Just one of the implications in this historical novel is that women disciplined their slaves more harshly than did male slave-owners. How has the author come to this conclusion? Jane Smiley on writer's intuition.
Jane Smiley
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