Archives: Jean Ritchie

The man who wanted every book; the quintessential English detective; and the first American crime novel; and morenewsletter May 18, 2018

May 21, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: newsletter.

This newsletter was emailed to everyone on Jim’s email list (2,644) on May 18, 2018 A summer head cold attacked me this week, making life miserable for a few days, but I tried not to let it slow me down too much. The major woodworking project that I mentioned last week was completed and • Read More »

Tags: dulcimer, Ernest Hemingway, Hernando Colon, Jack Whicher, Jean Ritchie, Kate Summerscale, LeRoy Lad Panek, libraries, Mary Wollstonecraft, Metta Victoria Fuller Victor, Rita Mae Brown, Saville Kent, The Dead Letter, The New Journalism, The Origins of the American Detective Story, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Tom Wolfe, watercolor, woodworking

Jean Ritchie and the dulcimer revival — and much more; your pet peeves about English

December 4, 2017 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: newsletter, Women writers and journalists.

This newsletter was sent to those on Jim’s email list (4,189) on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Hi, Last week’s entry about America’s first published poet, Anne Bradstreet, brought this from one of our newsletter readers, Robin K., who has done a good bit of genealogical research on her family: I thought that name looked familiar – I’m • Read More »

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Jean Ritchie: 60-plus years of contributions to American music and culture

November 29, 2017 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: journalism, Women writers and journalists.

If you play the dulcimer, you owe Jean Ritchie a debt of thanks. If you have heard a dulcimer, seen one — or even know what one is, Jean Ritchie is the person responsible. Ritchie died in 2015 at the age of 92 (her birthday is Dec. 8, 1922), and she is known to many • Read More »

Tags: Appalachia, dulcimer, EverythingDulcimer.com, folk singing, folk songs, George Pickow, Jean Ritchie, Kentucky Educational Television, Library of Congress, music, singing, Stephen Wionick