Carole Boyce Davies, author of Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones has written about some of differences between the film 12 Years a Slave and the 1854 memoir penned by […]
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu addresses treatment of animals in the Global Guide to Animal Protection
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has released his first major statement on animal welfare in the UIP book The Global Guide to Animal Protection. In the Foreword of the Guide Tutu writes: […]
Q&A with Making the March King author Patrick Warfield
Patrick Warfield is an associate professor of music at the University of Maryland and the editor of John Philip Sousa: Six Marches. He recently answered our questions about his new […]
Q&A with Chicago River Bridges author Patrick McBriarty
Patrick T. McBriarty is a writer and creative producer based in Chicago and the co-producer, with Stephen Hatch, of the documentary film Chicago Drawbridges. He recently answered some questions about […]
Q&A with Karma Chavez, author of Queer Migration Politics
Karma R. Chávez is an assistant professor of Communication Arts and Chican@ and Latin@ Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the cofounder of the Queer Migration Research Network and […]
‘Dario Argento’ author talks with Dario Argento
Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in the style of giallo, the crime/thriller mixture that influenced the slasher genre. Argento has gained acclaim from horror […]
Annette Insdorf asks Philip Kaufman about ‘The Right Stuff’
On October 9th, 2013 the Motion Picture Association of America celebrated the 30th Anniversary of Philip Kaufman’s film The Right Stuff in Washington, D.C. The MPAA hosted an event that […]
Chuck Haddix: the young Bird took flight in Kansas City
Charlie Parker’s emergence on the New York City jazz scene in 1942 changed the trajectory of jazz forever. Chuck Haddix, author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, […]
Happy birthday, Charles Ives
American Modernist composer Charles Ives was born on October 20, 1874. In his book Charles Ives in the Mirror: American Histories of an Iconic Composer, David C. Paul charts the changes […]
Philp Kaufman author Annette Insdorf talks The Right Stuff and more
Annette Insdorf, author of the Contemporary Film Directors series book Philip Kaufman will conduct a Q&A with the filmmaker at the 30th Anniversary celebration and screening of The Right Stuff hosted […]
Vernacular music and learning with Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith, author of The Creolization of American Culture gave a TED talk at Lubbock called “The Homeland of the Mind,” focusing on how people learn. Smith is an associate […]
Happy birthday to film director John Sayles
Film director, screenwriter and novelist John Sayles was born on September 28, 1950. An icon of independent filmmaking, Sales began his career working for B-movie legend Roger Corman. David Shumway, author […]