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Back to SearchGene Andrew Jarrett, "Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 46
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emanc…
3 years, 10 months ago
Jonathon L. Earle and J. J. Carney, "Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda" (Boydell & Brewer, 2021)
Episode 18
Assassinated by Idi Amin and a democratic ally of J.F. Kennedy during the Cold War, Benedicto Kiwanuka was Uganda's most controversial and disruptive…
3 years, 10 months ago
Cynthia E. Orozco, "Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales" (Arte Publico Press, 2020)
Episode 97
In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Professor Cynthia Orozco about her new book, Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, publis…
3 years, 10 months ago
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Episode 87
In nearly 50 years of filmmaking, British director Mike Leigh has ranged from comic portrayals of ordinary life amid the social breakdowns of Thatche…
3 years, 10 months ago
Amy Von Lintel and Bonnie Roos, "Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West" (Texas A&M UP, 2022)
Episode 113
Offering a fresh perspective on the influence of the American southwest—and particularly West Texas—on the New York art world of the 1950s, Three Wom…
3 years, 10 months ago
Jeremy Black, "The Game Is Afoot: The Enduring World of Sherlock Holmes" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Episode 64
Fans of Sherlock Holmes will delight to investigate Victorian England, a world where crimes large and small abound and where dark corners and well-li…
3 years, 10 months ago
John Morton, "Celebrate Winter: An Olympian's Stories of a Life in Nordic Skiing" (Morton Trails, 2020)
Episode 222
Celebrate Winter: An Olympian's Stories of a Life in Nordic Skiing (Morton Trails, 2020) by John Morton is a wonderful look back at experiences and l…
3 years, 10 months ago
Meenal Shrivastava, "Amma’s Daughters: A Memoir" (Athabasca UP, 2018)
Episode 204
Today I talked to about Amma’s Daughters: A Memoir (Athabasca UP, 2018). This book is available open access here.
As a precocious young girl, Surekha…
3 years, 10 months ago
On Frederick Douglass
Episode 11
When Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818, it was illegal for him to learn the alphabet. Slave masters feared the power of a literate sla…
3 years, 10 months ago
Hans G. Myers, "The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War" (Casemate, 2022)
Episode 120
Hans G. Myers' book The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War (Casemate, 202…
3 years, 10 months ago