Abacus of Loss Reviewed in PRISM International
“Abacus of Loss finds its way under your skin before you know it—bead by bead.”
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas Reviewed in the Journal of Southern History
“As the KKK’s ideas reverberate today, this book is essential reading for teachers and public officials.”
Shared Secrets Reviewed by the Journal of Southern History
“Shores importantly elucidates in public the queer presences that Finger himself could only encode aslant or suppress in his lifetime.”
Abacus of Loss Reviewed in The Colorado Review
“[A] brave, honest, and wise accounting of the inherent worth of a woman’s life and her magnificent power to adapt and thrive.”
Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps Reviewed in H-Net
“An important addition to our historical understanding of rural, southern Black women.”
Arkansas Travelers reviewed in the Journal of American History
“Milson’s entertaining book will be a welcome read to anyone interested not only in Arkansas but also in the social, economic, and environmental history of the early nineteenth- century South.”