This week, the Chicago Tribune‘s Food & Dining section included a feature on the recent book From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways. Under the headline “Rosh Hashana, heartland-style: Heritage recipes […]
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Reasserting the Arts in Education by Jill P. May and Robert E. May
As we listen to Republican presidential candidates parry about education and consider President Obama’s call for funds to rebuild our crumbling schools, keep successful teachers on the job and hire […]
Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism
Immanuel Ness’s new book Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism just landed on my desk. The official publication date is October 3, 2011, but we will begin shipping back […]
The Guardian profiles Woody Guthrie, American Radical author Will Kaufman
UK’s The Guardian recently profiled Woody Guthrie, American Radical author Will Kaufman. Will Kaufman kicks back in the Presidential Inn on the edge of the tiny town of West Branch, […]
The Atlantic salutes a celebrated book
In its September 2011 review of the Oklahoma University Press title So Rugged and Mountainous, The Atlantic magazine recognizes one of our classics. “This book stands on the shoulders of […]
Interview with The Gospel of the Working Class authors
Religion in American History has published a three part interview with Erik Gellman and Jarod Roll, authors of the new book The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor’s Southern Prophets […]
Will Kaufman on WGN-TV
Will Kaufman discusses his new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical on the August 5, 2011, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
A Caution to those who Rush to Marry by Tess Chakkalakal
On July 24, 2011, the day New York’s Marriage Equality Act took effect, all 823 couples who registered through a lottery system in New York City were granted marriage licenses. […]
Religion in American History on Gospel of the Working Class
Last week the Religion in American History blog published a complimentary piece on Erik Gellman and Jarod Roll’s new book The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor’s Southern Prophets in New […]
NPR in SF interviews Will Kaufman
Will Kaufman, author of the new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, was a guest July 25 on San Francisco’s National Public Radio affiliate KQED. Forum host Michael Krasny and Will Kaufman […]
Library Journal reviews Octave Chanute biography
Library Journal recently reviewed Simine Short’s new book Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution. “In her exquisitely detailed paean to one of America’s foremost civil engineers and […]
The TLS reviews Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927
The July 8, 2011, issue of the Times Literary Supplement includes Christine Bold’s review of the new Nina Baym book Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927. “Over thirty years […]