A coffee table book about brooches, but don’t let that frivolous description stop you. Madeleine Albright, first woman secretary of state, accessorized with pins all her life, but it wasn’t until Saddam Hussein called her “an unparalleled serpent” in a poem he allegedly wrote himself that she retaliated by wearing a pin in the shape…
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A coffee table book about brooches, but don’t let that frivolous description stop you. Madeleine Albright, first woman secretary of state, accessorized with pins all her life, but it wasn’t until Saddam Hussein called her “an unparalleled serpent” in a poem he allegedly wrote himself that she retaliated by wearing a pin in the shape…
I was a guest on Coffee Table on KBBI this morning, keeping company with Shady Grove Oliver and Terry Rensel as we talked about our favorite reads with people who call in. It was a blast, as always–thanks, guys!–and without further ado, here’s the books we talked about on the air. Caroline Cow Woman of…
