Category Archives: author commentary

October 14, 2019

Q&A with Vincent L. Stephens, author of Rocking the Closet

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Vincent L. Stephens is the director of the Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity and a contributing faculty member in music at Dickinson College. He is a coeditor of Post Racial America? An Interdisciplinary Study. He recently shared his thoughts on … Continue reading →

September 11, 2019

So You Want to Read Joanna Russ: Reading Guide by Gwyneth Jones

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Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, Joanna Russ’s groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre was ideal for expressing radical thought. Her essays and criticism, meanwhile, helped shape the field and still exercise a powerful influence in … Continue reading →

September 4, 2019

Q&A with Matthew C. Ehrlich, author of Kansas City vs. Oakland

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Matthew C. Ehrlich is a professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include Heroes and Scoundrels: The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture and Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest. He recently answered some … Continue reading →

August 29, 2019

Q&A with Richa Nagar, author of “Hungry Translations”

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Richa Nagar is Professor of the College in the College of Liberal Arts and a core faculty member in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Muddying the Waters: Coauthoring … Continue reading →

August 19, 2019

Q&A with Hannah Durkin, author of “Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham”

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Hannah Durkin is a lecturer in literature and film at Newcastle University. She is a coeditor of Visualising Slavery: Art Across the African Diaspora. She recently answered some questions about her new book, Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema. … Continue reading →

July 23, 2019

Roxanne Panchasi on “No Hiroshima in Africa”

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Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009), and the host of New Books in French Studies, a podcast … Continue reading →

July 15, 2019

Q&A with Robert Lemon, author of “The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City”

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Robert Lemon is an urban and social researcher and documentary filmmaker. His films include Transfusión (2014), a series of vignettes on the cultural implications of taco trucks. He recently answered some questions about his new book The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street … Continue reading →

July 9, 2019

Karen E. Whedbee on “Reverend Billy Goes to Main Street: Free Speech, Trespassing, and Activist Documentary Film”

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Karen E. Whedbee is an associate professor in the media studies program in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. She has published widely on topics related to free speech, communication ethics, and the history of participatory democracy. Among … Continue reading →

July 3, 2019

Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky On “The Difference Between Killing Humanely and a Humane Killing”

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Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky is a doctoral student in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. He recently shared his thoughts with us on his article, “A Linguistic Method of Deception: The Difference Between Killing Humanely and … Continue reading →

June 14, 2019

Q&A with Erika K. Jackson, author of “Scandinavians in Chicago”

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Erika K. Jackson is an associate professor of history at Colorado Mesa University. She recently answered some questions about her book, Scandinavians in Chicago: The Origins of White Privilege in Modern America. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I … Continue reading →