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Holly Tucker teaches at Vanderbilt University, where she holds appointments in the Center for Medicine, Health & Society and the Department of French & Italian. Her writing has appeared in the New Scientist, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Journal, among others. Holly is also the author of Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine & Murder in the Scientific Revolution (Norton, March 2011), and edits the general history website Wonders & Marvels.


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medievalwomanWhen I received a grant from the NEH to study texts about women written by women in the Middle Ages, many of my friends were puzzled that this was possible. “Medieval women were literate?” Well, yes—and some of them produced among the most interesting text...

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Published on May 20, 2013 04:00
Average rating: 3.58 · 736 ratings · 187 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Blood Work: A Tale of Medic...
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
Pregnant Fictions: Childbir...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013
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message 3: by E.A.

E.A. Bucchianeri Hi, thank you for accepting my friend invitation!


message 2: by Holly

Holly Tucker Tamara wrote: "Saw you on t.v. the other day and you were great. It was fun to see you."

Hi Tamara! Thanks for the nice note--it was a fun experience. You should have heard the whole family scream when we watched it all together!

All my best, Holly


Tamara Saw you on t.v. the other day and you were great. It was fun to see you.


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