Hannah Joyner
Hannah Joyner is a freelance critic and an independent historian who lives in the Washington, DC, area. Her scholarship includes Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson (with Susan Burch) and From Pity to Pride: Growing Up Deaf in the Old South. You can find more of her bookish conversations on her YouTube channel, Hannah’s Books.
10 entries by Hannah Joyner
A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.
Read Dangerously
By Azar Nafisi
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A passionate, flawed reflection on how books sustain us.
The Latinist
By Mark Prins
This cerebral thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat — and make you want to pull out that old copy of Wheelock’s Latin.
The Young H.G. Wells
By Claire Tomalin
Sadly, the man at the center of this new biography remains largely invisible.
Lady Editor
By Melanie Kirkpatrick
Though trailblazing, this ambitious widow was no protofeminist.
A passionate, flawed reflection on how books sustain us.
The Latinist: A Novel
By Mark Prins
This cerebral thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat — and make you want to pull out that old copy of Wheelock’s Latin.
The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World
By Claire Tomalin
Sadly, the man at the center of this new biography remains largely invisible.
Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman
By Melanie Kirkpatrick
Though trailblazing, this ambitious widow was no protofeminist.
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Learning to read Faulkner in the era of Black Lives Matter.