Category Archives: interviews

September 16, 2016

Q&A with Baring Witness editor Holly Welker

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Holly Welker is an award-winning poet and essayist living in Arizona. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Best American Essays, and other publications. She recently answered some questions about the edited … Continue reading →

July 22, 2016

Q&A with Game Faces author Sarah K. Fields

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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 →

July 12, 2016

Q&A with Spider Web author Nick Fischer

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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 →

June 28, 2016

Q&A with Mussolini’s Army in the French Riviera author Emanuele Sica

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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 →

May 15, 2016

Q&A with Taste of the Nation author Camille Bégin

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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 →

April 6, 2016

Legislation and Sexting Panic

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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 →

March 22, 2016

Q&A with Painting the Gospel author Kymberly Pinder

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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 →

March 2, 2016

Series editor Gary K. Wolfe talks about Modern Masters of Science Fiction

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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 →

February 24, 2016

The composer and the Scarecrow

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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 →

February 19, 2016

Q&A with Immigrants against the State author 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 →