Articles
Published and soon-to-be-published articles.
The Irish Potato Famine
Published by thecollector.com – the starvation and disease experienced by the Irish people between 1845 to 1849
Darwin’s The Origin of Species: Why Did He Write It?
The personal struggles of Darwin’s life leading up to the publication of his most iconic work
Published by
History Magazine
Summer 2022 Issue
“Women Looking For a Place to Go”
a short article on the (non)existence of women’s bathrooms in the 19th century
Anne Sexton’s Fairy Tale Poems
Published by thecolllector.com – The eerie fairy tale poems in Anne Sexton’s Transformations
Anne Sexton: Inside Her Poetry
Published by thecolllector.com -The lovely shocking literature of Anne Sexton
Smallpox Strikes the New World
Published by thecolllector.com – the most difficult article I have ever written
Anne Sexton: The Life Outside the Poetry
Published by thecollector.com – the tumultuous life of one of the most important poets of the twentieth century
Did Tutankhamun Suffer From Malaria? Here’s What His DNA Tells Us
Published by thecollector.com, the inside scoop on King Tutankhamun
The Surprisingly Advanced Medicine of the Ancient Egyptians
Published by thecollector.com – a brief survey of the astonishing knowledge possessed by healers in ancient Egypt
Did a Salmonella Outbreak Slaughter the Aztecs in 1545?
Published by thecollector.com – recent DNA results show that typhoid poisoning may have been responsible for the horrific losses of the native American peoples in Central America in 1545
Could Akhenaten’s Monotheism be Due to Plague in Egypt?
Published by thecollector.com – a query into the motives behind the shocking conversion of the heretic king
Hittite Plague Prayers
Published by thecollector.com – a 3400-year-old plea from a king to the gods to remove a plague from the Hittite homeland
Yersinia pestis:
When Did the Black Death
Really Begin?
Published by thecollector.com – how Yersinia pestis became the most lethal bacteria in human history
Before Antibiotics, UTI Often Equaled RIP
Published by thecollector.com – how urinary tract infections were treated before the advent of antibiotics.