Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born two hundred years ago — to be exact, on August 14, 1810. I will never forget hearing his anthem, “Blessed be the God and Father,” […]
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Robert Stone talks sacred steel in Miami’s New Times
Miami’s New Times interviewed Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, in advance of his October 28 event at Books & Books in Coral […]
Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on a Troubled Past by Claude A. Clegg III
In deciding to write a book on the history of my hometown (Salisbury, NC), I became keenly interested in family history. As a historian, I am perhaps naturally fascinated with […]
Contesting Archives discussed in Inside Higher Ed
Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed includes a Q&A with the editors of the new book Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources. Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz, and Mary Elizabeth […]
Sacred Steel at the AFS Annual Meeting by Robert Stone
Sacred steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent will perform his soulful music at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Wednesday, October 13, at 8:00 pm. Aubrey is a master of […]
The Last Day by Fran Markowitz
This is the seventh and final post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, […]
My Last Full Day by Fran Markowitz
This is the sixth post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Richard Hughes, HuffPost, and hostility toward Muslims
Richard Hughes, author of the book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, contributed a new piece to The Huffington Post titled Jesus and Strangers: What the Bible Teaches About Christian-Muslim […]
Greta Redux by Fran Markowitz
This is the fifth post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Mississippi Sacred Steel by Robert Stone
I look forward to visiting Mississippi this winter to continue documenting musicians from the Jewell Dominion side of the sacred steel guitar tradition. Shown here, left to right, are Jamel […]
To Banja Luka and back again by Fran Markowitz
This is the fourth post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Recovering the Commons authors interviewed by Huffington Post
In March 2010 we published Herbert Reid & Betsy Taylor’s new book Recovering the Commons: Democracy, Place, and Global Justice, which culls key concepts from grassroots activism to hold critical […]