Michael Blanding

Michael Blanding is a Boston-based journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Slate, The Boston Globe, and other publications. His latest book, In Shakespeare’s Shadow: A Rogue Scholar’s Quest to Reveal the True Source Behind the World’s Greatest Plays, won the 2021 International Book Award for Narrative Non-Fiction.

Every wall, table and shelf in Elizabeth Meaders' three-story Staten Island home is crammed with pictures, posters, signs, statues, medals, sports memorabilia and military gear.

Why a Schoolteacher Spent 70 Years Collecting Thousands of Black History Artifacts

Elizabeth Meaders' acquisitions include sports memorabilia, civil rights posters, military paraphernalia and art

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