Lorraine Boissoneault

Lorraine Boissoneault is an Ohio native who currently lives in Chicago. She writers about science, history, and adventure for publications like The Atlantic, Chicago Magazine, Salon, Mental_Floss, JSTOR Daily, and Nautilus. The Last Voyageurs is her first nonfiction book.

The World’s Oldest Library: Founded by a Woman, Restored By a Woman

On the Past and Future of Morocco's Al-Qarawiyyin Library

November 28, 2016 By Lorraine Boissoneault

One Story, Two Tellers: When Someone Else Wrote the Same Book As Me

Shifting Narratives, Oral Histories, and the Tricky Nature of the Facts

October 3, 2016 By Lorraine Boissoneault

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