Amy Brill
Amy Brill is the author of the novel The Movement of Stars, about a female astronomer living in Nantucket in 1845. It was published by Riverhead in the spring of 2013.
All Writing
Roundtable
The Ladies’ Cabin
Sea travel became a more prominent part of a woman’s life in the nineteenth century, but was it an acceptable place for a lady? More
Roundtable
Widow’s Walk
Whalers left Nantucket and Cape Cod in droves in search of the next big catch—what of those who stayed behind? More