Publications by Lawrence Siddall

BOOK by Lawrence Siddall
    Two Years in Poland and Other Stories: A 67-Year-Old Grandfather Joins the Peace Corps and Looks Back on His Life. Pelham Springs Press, 2008. All rights reserved.
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ARTICLES by Lawrence Siddall
   “Fanning An Old Flame” About searching for a high school girl friend who didn’t attend a class reunion. Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. July 9, 1993.
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    “My Two Years in the Peace Corps.” Oberlin College Alumni Magazine. Summer 2000.
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    “The Sad, Short Life of Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite Model and Artist.” About a well-known Pre-Raphaelite model, recognizable in works such as John Everett Millais's "Ophelia" and works by Dante Gabriel Rosetti, to whom Siddal was briefly married prior to her early death. Published in The Review, journal of the Pre-Raphaelite Society, England, Autumn 2002.
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   “The Passing of a Bookstore.” About the closing of a beloved local bookstore. Published in the Amherst Bulletin, Amherst, MA, January 16, 2009.
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    “Living with Macular Degeneration” About adapting to deteriorating eyesight.
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(An earlier version of this article, entitled "Seeing the World Through a Magnifying Glass.", was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 7, 2010, and is available online.)

“Recollections of a Fuller Brush Man.” About Lawrence Siddall's summer working as a Fuller Brush Man in 1960. Written 2010.
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    “Traveling with Impaired Vision" About traveling with macular degeneration.
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(A version of this article, entitled "Adapting to limitations, still on the go", was published in the Boston Globe, August 14, 2011)

    “Sarah Winnemucca, Native American Activist” About one of the most notable Native American women of the 19th Century. Written 2012.
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    “Thomas Farrer and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement in America.” Published in The Review, journal of the Pre-Raphaelite Society in England, Spring 2012.
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"Getting a Glimpse of Cuba." Late Winter 2013
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