On Sunday February 6, 2011, Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, will join members of the Campbell Brothers for a panel discussion of […]
Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! recognized by SCMS
Neepa Majumdar’s book, Wanted Cultured Ladies Only!: Female Stardom and Cinema in India, 1930s-1950s will receive an Honorable Mention for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Best First […]
Samuel K. Gove, R. I. P.
Samuel K. Gove, co-editor of the recent University of Illinois Press book Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011. The News- Gazette’s obituary ran on Saturday. […]
Interview with Dirty Words author Robin Jensen
The Critical Lede just launched a podcast interview with Robin Jensen, author of the new book Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924. Dirty Words analyzes how health professionals […]
Essence reviews Hands on the Freedom Plow
The February 2011 issue of Essence magazine features Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s review of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. The stories of the ‘beloved community’ of […]
Richard Hughes on How We Can Save Our Country
Richard Hughes, author of Christian America and the Kingdom of God, started a new three-part series at The Huffington Post titled “Echoes from Gettysburg.” How We Can Save Our Country–Part 1 posted […]
Music & the Wesleys event
On Sunday, January 30, Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign, Illinois, will host an event for the new book Music and the Wesleys, which was co-edited by Nicholas Temperley and […]
Man in pale suit versus the abuse of corporate power: Theodore Dreiser in the Great Depression by Jude Davies
A photograph* among the papers of the novelist Theodore Dreiser shows him in November 1931, during a visit to the coal mining area of Harlan in Kentucky. The seated Dreiser […]
CHE Q&A w/ Dr. Vang
The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s PageView column recently profiled Chia Youyee Vang’s new book Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora, including a short interview with Dr. Vang. “Q. As a member of the […]
The NCAA plays a little defense
Both Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Ed published pieces this week on new NCAA president Mark A. Emmert’s comments related to the recent college football scandals. In the comments […]
Hands on the Freedom Plow nominated for an NAACP Image Award
Variety reports today that Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work […]
The Makers of the Sacred Harp
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress recently hosted a lecture by David Warren Steel, author of the new book The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Steel discusses the […]