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John Willingham
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Novel The Last Woman TCU Press 08/15/2025. Fiction, essays in Southwest Review, Texas Observer online, Religion Dispatches, History News Network, San Antonio Review, SW Historical Quarterly, etc. Austin-ish

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Here are some advance reviews of my novel The Last Woman from Goodreads....
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August 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My novel The Last Woman now available for preorder from TCU Press and listed on NetGalley! tcupress.tcu.edu/9780875659343/
May 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What are the connections between historical fiction and academic history? In what ways can historical fiction "fill in the gaps" of biographies and other historical works? Here are the views of Pulitzer winners Geraldine Brooks and Eric Foner.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"E.L. Doctorow talked about the way he writes, and it’s like you have a car on the road, and the headlights illuminate three feet of what’s ahead of the car. He writes what’s in those headlights, and he keeps going as he drives." --Raven Leilani
November 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The split between the traditional and academic factions of the Tx State Historical Association has led to a new association, the Alliance for Tx History, and to the founding of a new academic publication, The Journal of Texas History. Here's the story...
www.johnwillingham.net/southwestern...
November 19, 2024 at 10:11 PM