
Susan Stoderl
- Feb 14
- 2 min
A Most Unusual Writer’s Life | Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394–d. 1465)
In 1406, Charles and his first wife and cousin were married. He was twelve, and she was seventeen and already a widow. She died of...

Susan Stoderl
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Anne Duffy | The First Female Scottish Poet Laureate Ever (2009-19)
Being a middle-grade female writer, came upon the work of Anne Duffy. The poem that really spoke to me was “In Mrs. Tilscher’s Class.” It...