This morning's message features a contribution by author Peter Gemma: No Eunuch ever wrote a book. I would be surprised that anyone could document that title, a Taylor Caldwll assertion. Yet, it clearly contains an entertaining truth: You can't write novels without a viewpoint.

Mr. Gemma's article isn't even a partial review of Taylor Caldwell's work. Rather, it features many of TC's stark interactions with journalism of the decades of the '50s, 60's and '70s before her severe stroke in 1980, the last year of her prolific novel production.

Putting together a a nuanced understanding of TC's intelligence, what it served and her predilections is a formidable project. This can't be entirely achieved until her literary talents (often subtle) are folded into some from her rougher public diatribes. Peter's article steps in that direction.

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Michael Fried, Grandson
For the Descendants of Taylor Caldwell