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June 16, 2025 (June 6, 2025)

Q&A with the author of RANDY TRAVIS

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Diane Diekman, author of Randy Travis: Storms of Life, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I wanted to write a third […]

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May 27, 2025 (May 15, 2025)

Q&A with the author of ALMOST NOTHING

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Nora Wendl, author of Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write this book […]

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March 1, 2025 (February 27, 2025)

Free E-book Giveaway: AIN’T I AN ANTHROPOLOGIST

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March’s free e-book is here! Check out Ain’t I an Anthropologist: Zora Neale Hurston Beyond the Literary Icon by Jennifer L. Freeman Marshall before the month is over!  Iconic as […]

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December 16, 2024 (November 22, 2024)

Q&A with the author of EDMUND J. JAMES AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 1904-1920

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J. David Hoeveler, co-author of Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904-1920, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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October 15, 2024 (October 2, 2024)

Q&A with the author of THE DALEY SHOW

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Forrest Claypool, author of The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reign of Chicago’s Richard M. Daley, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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October 8, 2024 (October 2, 2024)

Q&A with the author of JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH

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Matthew Bowman, author of Joseph Fielding Smith: A Mormon Theologian, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   In part because it needed […]

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October 2, 2024 (October 1, 2024)

Q&A with the author of WHEN FRIENDS COME FROM AFAR

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Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did […]

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September 1, 2024 (August 20, 2024)

Free E-book Giveaway: ON THE BUS WITH BILL MONROE

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September’s free e-book is here! Check out On the Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass by Mark Hembree before the month is over!  […]

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August 12, 2024 (July 19, 2024)

Q&A with the author of INK

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Clifford R. Murphy, the author of Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I felt that […]

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August 5, 2024 (July 19, 2024)

Q&A with the authors of PLAYING THE CHANGES

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Darius Brubeck and Catherine Brubeck, the author of Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you […]

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June 19, 2024 (June 10, 2024)

Q&A with the author of WAIKIKI DREAMS

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Patrick Moser, the author of Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   I wanted […]

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June 18, 2024 (May 14, 2024)

Q&A with the author of THE WORLD GOT AWAY

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Mikel Rouse, the author of The World Got Away: A Memoir, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? To set the record […]

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