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Category Archives: interviews
Q&A with Game Faces author Sarah K. Fields
in author commentary, authors, communication, interviews, law, sports history
Tagged Game Faces, Joe Montana, Red Grange, Sarah Fields, Warren Spahn
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Sarah K. Fields is an associate professor in communication at the University of Colorado—Denver. She answered some questions about her book Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Laws of Reputation. Q: How are cases involving sports figures different than those involving other … Continue reading
Q&A with Spider Web author Nick Fischer
in american history, author commentary, authors, interviews, labor history
Tagged communism, Nick Fischer, Spider Web
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Nick Fischer is Adjunct Research Fellow of the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. He answered some questions about his book Spider Web: The Birth of American Anticommunism. Q: How does the term “spider web” describe the anticommunist movement … Continue reading
Q&A with Mussolini’s Army in the French Riviera author Emanuele Sica
in author commentary, authors, interviews, military history
Tagged Emanuele Sica, French Riviera, holocaust studies, Italy, Mussolini, World War II
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Emanuele Sica is professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. He answered some questions about his book Mussolini’s Army in the French Riviera: Italy’s Occupation of France. Q: Was the occupation of the French Riviera in World War Two a … Continue reading
Q&A with Taste of the Nation author Camille Bégin
in american history, author commentary, authors, food, immigration, interviews
Tagged America Eats, Camille Bégin, Taste of the Nation
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Camille Bégin is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University in Montreal. She answered some questions about her book Taste of the Nation: The New Deal Search for America’s Food. Q: What … Continue reading
Legislation and Sexting Panic
in author commentary, authors, communication, feminist studies, interviews, law, media studies
Tagged Amy Adele Hasinoff, sexting, Sexting Panic, women's studies
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Young people, especially teenagers, are quick to adopt new technology and incorporate that new technology into their every day behavior. These “early adopters” are prized consumers for the tech industry, who are always looking for the next trend on which … Continue reading
Q&A with Painting the Gospel author Kymberly Pinder
in art, author commentary, authors, black studies, Chicago, Illinois / regional, interviews, religion
Tagged Kymberly Pinder, Painting the Gospel, public art
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Kymberly N. Pinder is Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico. Her book Painting the Gospel: Black Public Art and Religion in Chicago explores the social and spiritual impact of African American religious art. The … Continue reading
Series editor Gary K. Wolfe talks about Modern Masters of Science Fiction
in author commentary, biography, forthcoming books, interviews, literary studies, science fiction
Tagged David Seed, Edward James, Gary K. Wolfe, Gary Westfahl, George Slusser, Jad Smith, Karen Burnham, Michael R. Page
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The Modern Masters of Science Fiction series is a survey of the work of individual authors who continue to inspire and advance the genre. With seven books released in the series (and more to come in the Fall 2016 season), Gary … Continue reading
The composer and the Scarecrow
in author commentary, authors, biography, interviews, music
Tagged Harold Arlen, The Man That Got Away, Walter Rimler, Wizard of Oz
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Harold Arlen composed some of the great classics of the Great American Song Book including “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Blues in the Night,” “Stormy Weather,” and, of the Wizard of Oz signature song “Over the Rainbow.” Walter Rimler details … Continue reading
Q&A with Immigrants against the State author Kenyon Zimmer
in american history, author commentary, authors, immigration, interviews, radical studies
Tagged anarchism, Immigrants against the State, Kenyon Zimmer
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Kenyon Zimmer is an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington. He answered some questions about his book Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America. Q: Is there a popular conceit that the immigrant anarchists … Continue reading