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Kristopher Jansma

Revisionaries

Books

Revisionaries

Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and ranges in topics from women in politics and prominent women in history to

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Dear Miss Perkins author Rebecca Brenner Graham on Putting Social Forces Front and Center

By Rebecca Brenner Graham Back in 2014, when I first began studying the immigration policy of the first woman cabinet secretary, Frances Perkins, I assumed that she was able to save people left and right because she was a progressive with an unwavering belief in human rights at the helm of the Immigration Naturalization Service

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Revisionaries author Kristopher Jansma on What to do With Your Own “Lost” Works

By Kristopher Jansma We’ve all been there. We’ve worked for months, or even years, on a book… poured our hearts and souls into those chapters and characters, only to wind up having to walk away in the end. Maybe you queried agents and got no takers. Maybe the publishers didn’t bite. Or maybe you simply

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