Buxton Books is honored to be the booksellers for the Charleston Library Society. Join CLS for another inspiring Speaker Series Talk at the Library Society with Betsy Prioleau and her book, Diamonds and Deadlines.

ABOUT BETSY PRIOLEAU

Betsy Prioleau was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Her father was portrait artist Hugo Stevens, and her home life, full of books, art, and talkfests. She worked as a reporter on the Charlottesville Daily Progress and received a B.S. and M.A. from the University of Virginia.

After a Ph.D. in American literature at Duke University, she taught English and World Literature at Manhattan College, where she was a tenured associate professor. She was a scholar in residence at New York University, and most recently, taught cultural history in the New York University Liberal Studies Program. Besides scholarly articles, she has written for popular publications and authored four books — Diamonds and Deadlines (2022), Swoon (2013), Seductress (2003) and Circle of Eros (1983).

ABOUT DIAMONDS AND DEADLINE

The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie—a titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrage. A fantastic Gilded Age story that speaks to the important social issues of our time.

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