Persephone's Stories
Suzanne Uttaro SamuelsEssays on women, myth, Sicily, motherhood, and the histories that refuse to stay buried.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 103 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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The Work of Quiet
Rainbow Lake, September 2026 (Photo by Steven Samuels)
I’m knee-deep in a rewrite of my historical novel, The Orphans’ Wheel, set in Sicily during the turbulent wars of independence. For the next five weeks, I’ll share one question from my...
How Did the Dead Make Themselves Known?
I’m knee-deep in rewriting my historical novel, The Orphans’ Wheel, set in Sicily during the turbulent wars of independence. Each week, I’m sharing one question from my drafting notebook—and showing how a historical novel changes as new inf...
How Did Rosina Find the Child She Had Surrendered?
I’m knee-deep in a rewrite of my historical novel, The Orphans’ Wheel, set in Sicily during the turbulent wars of independence. For the next five weeks, I’ll share one question from my drafting notebook—and show how a historical novel chang...
What Does War Smell Like?
I’m knee-deep in a rewrite of my historical novel, The Orphans’ Wheel, set in Sicily during the turbulent wars of independence. For the next five weeks, I’ll share one question from my drafting notebook—and show how a historical novel chang...
Between Two Books
Tonight, I’ll be talking about a book whose beginning and ending I can no longer change. Tomorrow morning, I’ll return to work on a book I’m still rewriting.
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Historical novelist Suzanne Uttaro Samuels follows women who disappear from the record—from nineteenth-century Sicily to the myths that still shape mothers and daughters.
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