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Category Archives: interviews
Q&A with Rob White, author of Contemporary Film Directors book Todd Haynes
in author commentary, authors, film, interviews
Tagged Contemporary Film Directors Series, Far from Heaven, I'm Not There, Mildred Pierce, New Queer Cinema, Rob White, Safe, Todd Haynes, Velvet Goldmine
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The Contemporary Film Directors series presents engagingly written commentaries on the work of living directors from around the world. Todd Haynes author Rob White was Commissioning Editor of Books at the British Film Institute, 1995–2005, and Editor of Film Quarterly, … Continue reading
Nikkei Baseball on Only a Game
in asian american studies, authors, interviews, sports history
Tagged baseball, Bill Littlefield, Jackie Robinson, Nikkei Baseball, Only a Game, Samuel Regalado
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Bill Littlefield, the host of NPR’s Only a Game interviewed Samuel Regalado, the author of Nikkei Baseball: Japanese American Players from Immigration and Internment to the Major Leagues. The interview ran on the March 9, 2013, broadcast of Only a … Continue reading
Q & A with Advertising at War author Inger Stole
in author commentary, communication, interviews, local authors, media studies, Uncategorized
Tagged Advertising at War, Federal Trade Commission, Inger L. Stole, World War Two
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Inger L. Stole is an associate professor of communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She answered our questions about her book Advertising at War: Business, Consumers, and Government in the 1940s. Q: What is the Wheeler-Lea Amendment that was … Continue reading
Stephen Wade on Baltimore NPR affiliate WYPR
in american history, interviews, music
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Aaron Henkin from WYPR radio in Baltimore conducted an engaging in-depth interview with Stephen Wade, author of the book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recording and the American Experience, on Henkin’s January 25 Signal program. My favorite part … Continue reading
College gambling on NPR’s Only a Game
in american history, interviews, sports history
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The January 26, 2013, edition of NPR’s syndicated program Only a Game featured an interview with Albert Figone, author of the University of Illinois Press book Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball. … Continue reading
Banjo Newsletter features Stephen Wade
in american history, author commentary, interviews, music
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Stephen Wade, author of the new book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience, is the subject of a cover story in the December 2012 issue of Banjo Newsletter. The interview was conducted by Greg Adams. Greg … Continue reading
Music Tomes interview with Fred Bartenstein
in american history, author commentary, interviews, music
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Fred Bartenstein, editor of the recent Josh Graves memoir Bluegrass Bluesman, is featured in a recent Music Tomes interview. MT: What are you currently working on? FB: I wrote a number of the biographies of Bluegrass Hall of Fame members for the … Continue reading
Q&A with Murphy Hicks Henry, author of Pretty Good for a Girl
Posted by sfastMurphy Hicks Henry is a professional banjo player and writer who founded the Women in Bluegrass newsletter and has written regularly for Bluegrass Unlimited and Banjo Newsletter. She answered our questions about her book Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in … Continue reading →