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Back to SearchMarlene L. Daut, "The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe" (Knopf, 2025)
Episode 267
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor,…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jane Austen's Darkness: A Conversation with Julia Yost
Episode 128
In this episode of Madison's Notes, we sit down with Julia Yost, senior editor at First Things and author of the new book Jane Austen's Darkness (Wi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Keith Gandal, "Firsthand: How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis While Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things" (U Michigan Press, 2024)
Episode 323
Firsthand: How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis While Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things (U Michigan Press, 20…
1 year, 10 months ago
Julie Salverson, "A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter's Daughter" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2024)
Episode 33
A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Screenwriter’s Daughter (Wolsak & Wynn, 2024) by critically acclaimed author Julie Salverson braids together p…
1 year, 10 months ago
Johanna Drucker, "Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 2
Johanna Drucker’s Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020) uncovers the enigmatic life and work of Ilia Zdanevi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Seth Rogovoy, "Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 16
Seth Rogovoy's latest book for Oxford University Press is called Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press, 2024)…
1 year, 11 months ago
Mary Ellen Curtin, "She Changed the Nation: Barbara Jordan's Life and Legacy in Black Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
Episode 266
During her keynote speech at the 1976 Democratic Party convention, Barbara Jordan of Texas stood before a rapt audience and reflected on where Americ…
1 year, 11 months ago
Denys Turner, "Dante the Theologian" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 286
An understanding of Dante the theologian as distinct from Dante the poet has been neglected in an appreciation of Dante's work as a whole.
That is th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Cornelia M. Spelman, "Solace" (Jackleg Press, 2024)
Episode 265
How do we become the persons we are? Cornelia Maude Spelman's Solace (Jackleg Press, 2024) seeks to answer that question. A portrait of the emotional…
1 year, 11 months ago
Connie DeNave, "The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass" (2023)
Episode 201
In The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass Ceiling (2023), Connie DeNave shares her experiences in the public relations world during the Br…
1 year, 11 months ago