The Count, the Quakers, the Queen, and me by Lani Longshore
A new year is a good time to give thanks, and I give thanks to literature. After all, I owe my existence to a novel. My mother’s people are Russian pacifists. Late in the 19th century their commitment to peace clashed with the Tsar’s commitment to a large army, with predictable results. Leo Tolstoy was …
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