Saturday, October 11. 2025, mid-day. My bemused friend and literary comrade Amanda Vaill is seen here poised to sign copies of her new book, Pride and Pleasure – The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution at the Morristown (N.J.) Festival of Books, where she was a featured speaker and I had the honor and privilege of interviewing her before a multitudinous crowd of attentive, enthralled citizens in the Church of the Redeemer on South Street.
The audience for Amanda’s revelatory presentation was so charged-up that Pride and Pleasure quickly sold out — much to the surprise of Sparta Books.
But…meanwhile…although the official release date is not until Tuesday, October 21 — there are plenty of fresh copies out there.