As someone who has lived through a successful PhD dissertation, I must admit that dusty old books and grand European libraries are welcome companions. Spending days perusing nineteenth-century French etiquette books […]
Category: author commentary
The first college radio station?
Hugh Slotten, author of the recent book Radio’s Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States, was interviewed by Jennifer Waits for the Radio Survivor site. Jennifer: There’s a […]
A Riddle of Life and Death Proportions
The Huffington Post publishes Part One of Richard Hughes’s two-part commentary “A Riddle of Life and Death Proportions: Why Conservative Christians So Often Fail the Common Good.” “Why do so […]
More Tell Me More
Following segments earlier this week on Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, and Oprah Winfrey, NPR’s Tell Me More wraps up its Divas on Screen feature with Halle Berry. Commentator Mia Mask: […]
Mia Mask on NPR’s “Tell Me More”
Mia Mask, author of the new book Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film, was a featured commentator today on National Public Radio: “With the 2010 Academy Awards approaching, NPR’s Tell […]
Gender, History, and the Great Recession by Lara Vapnek
As the Great Recession drags on, we have been greeted with a stream of news stories about the family stress caused by women becoming breadwinners. 4 out of 5 jobs […]
Hunting oyster mushrooms
Carbondale’s PBS affiliate WSIU featured Joe McFarland, co-author of the recent book Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide, in a segment on hunting oyster mushrooms […]
Patrick Roberts Chicago media blitz
Watch Patrick Roberts, co-author of the new book Give ‘Em Soul, Richard! Race, Radio, and Rhythm and Blues in Chicago, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. Listen to Patrick Roberts on […]
Stefan Bradley on C-Span’s Book-TV
Stefan Bradley, author of the recent book Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s, is scheduled to appear on C-Span’s Book-TV on Saturday, January 30, at 2:00 […]
Richard Hughes interviewed on NPR affiliate KPBS
Richard Hughes, author of the new book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, was recently interviewed on San Diego’s NPR affiliate KPBS. Maureen Cavanaugh: “The U.S. Constitution instructs Congress […]
Richard Hughes interviewed on NPR affiliate KPCC
Richard Hughes, author of the new book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, was recently interviewed on Los Angeles’ NPR affiliate KPCC. “Fundamentalist and religious leaders like to promote […]
Thinking of Jane by Barbara Bair
I recently visited Seattle, where my twenty-something niece is a grad student, teacher, and research scientist specializing in water and climate change. I’m exceedingly proud of her, and of her […]