Robin Lindley

Robin Lindley is a Seattle-based writer and attorney. He is features editor for the History News Network (hnn.us), and his work also has appeared in Writer’s Chronicle, Crosscut, Documentary, NW Lawyer, Real Change, Huffington Post, Bill Moyers.com, Salon.com, and more. He has a special interest in the history of human rights and medicine. He can be reached by email: robinlindley@gmail.com.

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• Jan 22, 2016
  

  The New PBS Series on the Civil War: An Interview with the Creator of "Mercy Street"

  by Robin Lindley

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• Dec 28, 2015
  

  This Is Why Historian Ari Kelman Decided to Write a Graphic History of the Civil War (Interview)

  by Robin Lindley

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• Dec 28, 2015
  

  The Heroism of Dalton Trumbo: An Interview with Larry Ceplair

  by Robin Lindley

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• Dec 28, 2015
  

  Christian Appy on the Legacy of the Vietnam War: An Interview

  by Robin Lindley

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• Dec 28, 2015
  

  The Forgotten Story of Groundbreaking American Surgeon Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter: An interview with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz.

  by Robin Lindley

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• Sep 11, 2015
  

  How Bad Was FBI Spying on African American Writers? An Interview with William Maxwell

  by Robin Lindley

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• Aug 27, 2015
  

  1919, the Year of Racial Violence: An interview with David Krugler

  by Robin Lindley

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• Aug 7, 2015
  

  Dr. Jonas Salk, the Knight in a White Lab Coat: An Interview with Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

  by Robin Lindley

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• Apr 12, 2015
  

  Exploring the Words and Wisdom of Charles Johnson with E. Ethelbert Miller (Interview)

  by Robin Lindley

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• Apr 5, 2015
  

  Lincoln’s Body in American History— Richard Wightman Fox on His New Book (Interview)

  by Robin Lindley

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• Feb 27, 2015
  

  Do You Remember Dag Hammarskjöld? You Should. An Interview with Biographer Roger Lipsey

  by Robin Lindley

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• Feb 6, 2015
  

  The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad: An Interview with Eric Foner

  by Robin Lindley

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• Feb 6, 2015
  

  The Complex History of Pain: An Interview with Joanna Bourke

  by Robin Lindley

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• Jan 11, 2015
  

  Polio Boulevard: Acclaimed Poet Karen Chase Recalls Her Childhood Illness, Her Complicated Recovery, and Her “Small History”

  by Robin Lindley

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• Jan 6, 2015
  

  The Battle between Journalism and Fiction: Doug Underwood on Genre Bending Journalists and Literary History (Interview)

  by Robin Lindley

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• Nov 9, 2014
  

  This Is How Our Recent Wars Looked to Acclaimed Photojournalist Peter van Agtmael

  by Robin Lindley

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• Oct 30, 2014
  

  MLK's Final Year: An Interview with Tavis Smiley

  by Robin Lindley

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• Oct 3, 2014
  

  Tim Egan on Edward S. Curtis, 'Seattle's Michelangelo'

  by Robin Lindley

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• Sep 5, 2014
  

  Black Women Entertainers in a Revolutionary Time: An Interview with Historian Ruth Feldstein

  by Robin Lindley

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• Aug 18, 2014
  

  The World’s Only Stand-Up Economist Explains Climate Change

  by Robin Lindley

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