On December 16, 2010, May Berenbaum, editor of the new book Honey, I’m Homemade: Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and around the World, made cookies on WGN-TV’s “Lunchbreak” segment. […]
Category: author commentary
Giving Elders Voice by Chia Youyee Vang
As I set out to interview former refugees about their migration and settlement experiences, it became apparent to me that many had been so busy trying to survive and/or help […]
Fear, Faith, and Community by Sigmund Tobias
This originally appeared in the Berkshire Jewish Voice (Oct 29-Nov.7, 2010; Vol. 19, No. 1) ***** My parents and I survived the Holocaust by fleeing to Shanghai where we lived […]
Huffington Post’s The Christian Right in Context, pt. 4
The Huffington Post has published the final segment of a 4-part series by Richard Hughes based on his book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. The Christian Right in Context, Part 4: […]
Hide and Seek, or The History of Difference Under Erasure by David A. Gerstner
When The New York Times reported on December 1, 2010 that the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. “removed [David Wojnarowicz’s video A Fire in My Belly] from an exhibition […]
Feminist Technologies for Safe Sex & Sexual Pleasure? by Linda Layne
In the women’s ‘loo’ in a pub in Cambridge, England I found a product which is promoted as one “designed by girls, for girls”— a “seduction kit” for three pounds, […]
National Review interviews Jeffrey Meyers
The National Review Online has posted John H. Miller’s podcast with Jeffrey Meyers, author of the new book Orwell: Life and Art. “Orwell showed [in Homage to Catalonia] that the left…were fighting Franco, and […]
James Ballowe on WGN-TV
James Ballowe, author of the new book Christmas in Illinois, was interviewed November 26, 2010, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
Huffington Post’s The Christian Right in Context, pt. 3
The Huffington Post has published the third of a 4-part series by Richard Hughes based on his book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. The Christian Right in Context, Part 3: […]
Huffington Post’s The Christian Right in Context, pt. 2
The Huffington Post has published the second of a 4-part series by Richard Hughes based on his book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. The Christian Right in Context: Building a […]
Huffington Post, 4-part series by Richard Hughes
The Huffington Post just published the first of a 4-part series by Richard Hughes based on his book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. The Christian Right in Context, […]
James Ballowe answers questions about Christmas in Illinois
The Times newspaper in Ottawa, Illinois, interviewed James Ballowe about his new book Christmas in Illinois. Q. How did you gather the writings and photos? A. I made perhaps a hundred […]