Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

Interviews with architects and scholars of architecture about their new books.

Christopher Bell, "Walking East Harlem: A Neighborhood Experience" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Walking East Harlem

Christopher Bell
Hosted by Robert Snyder
Vishaan Chakrabarti, "The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 15, 2024

The Architecture of Urbanity

Vishaan Chakrabarti
Hosted by Amal Hashim
Art

Art

episodes

Interviews with artists and scholars of art about their new books.

Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar

November 17, 2024

Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation

Dalia Nassar
Hosted by Pat McConville
Eric Drooker, "Naked City: A Graphic Novel" (Dark Horse Books, 2024)

November 17, 2024

Naked City: A Graphic Novel

Eric Drooker
Hosted by Gregory Soden
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

Interviews with authors of children's literature about their new books

Highlights Magazine: A Discussion with Executive Director George Brown

November 18, 2024

Highlights Magazine

George Brown
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Sarah Aronson, "Abzuglutely!:Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug" (Calkins Creek Books, 2024)

November 3, 2024

Abzuglutely!

Sarah Aronson
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
Eric Drooker, "Naked City: A Graphic Novel" (Dark Horse Books, 2024)

November 17, 2024

Naked City: A Graphic Novel

Eric Drooker
Hosted by Gregory Soden
Scott Henderson, "Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame" (U Texas Press, 2019)

October 8, 2024

Comics and Pop Culture

Scott Henderson and Barry Keith Grant
Hosted by Joel Tscherne
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

episodes

Interviews with digital humanists and scholars of digital humanities about their new work.

The World According to Sound

November 18, 2024

The World According to Sound

Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Tyler W. Williams, "If All the World Were Paper: A History of Writing in Hindi" (Columbia UP, 2024)

November 14, 2024

If All the World Were Paper

Tyler W. Williams
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Fantasy

Fantasy

episodes

Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes

October 14, 2024

P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes

P. Djèlí Clark
Hosted by UConn PopCast
Cami D. Agan, "Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium" (Mythopoeic Press, 2024)

October 12, 2024

Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth

Cami D. Agan
Film

Film

episodes

Interviews with film makers and scholars of film about their new books.

Vivian Asimos, "Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity" (Reaktion, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity

Vivian Asimos
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
A Serious Man

November 18, 2024

A Serious Man

Folklore

Folklore

episodes

Interviews with folklorists and scholars of folklore about their new books.

Vaughn Scribner, "Merpeople: A Human History" (Reaktion Books, 2020)

November 13, 2024

Merpeople

Vaughn Scribner
Hosted by Jana Byars
Sharonah Esther Fredrick, "An Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods: Political Ideology and Insurrection in the Mayan Popul Vuh and the Andean Huarochiri Manuscript" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

November 10, 2024

An Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods

Sharonah Esther Fredrick
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Food

Food

episodes
Naomi S. S. Jacobs, "Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink: A Commentary" (Brill, 2018)

November 8, 2024

Delicious Prose

Naomi S. S. Jacobs
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre, "Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia's Search for Resilience" (U South Carolina Press, 2024)

October 31, 2024

Hungry Roots

Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre
Hosted by Kelly Spivey
Game Studies

Game Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of games and gaming about their new books. For more information about the Game Studies special series, please contact Rudolf Thomas Inderst at rudolf.inderst@googlemail.com.

Seth E. Jenny et al., "Routledge Handbook of Esports" (Routledge, 2024)

November 9, 2024

Routledge Handbook of Esports

Seth E. Jenny
Yaraslau Kot, "Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games" (Routledge, 2024)

November 7, 2024

Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games

Michal Mochocki, Pawel Schreiber, Jakub Majewski, and Yaraslau Kot
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

Monica Chenault-Kilgore, "The Jewel of the Blues" (Graydon House, 2024)

November 19, 2024

The Jewel of the Blues

Monica Chenault-Kilgore
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
A. D. Bergin, "The Wicked of the Earth" (Northodox, 2024)

November 17, 2024

The Wicked of the Earth

A. D. Bergin
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Deborah Parker, "Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters" (Villa I Tatti, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene

Deborah Parker
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Whitney Kemble, "Contested Spaces: A Critical History of Canadian Public Libraries As Neutral Places, 1960-2020" (Library Juice Press, 2024)

November 15, 2024

Contested Spaces

Whitney Kemble
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Ramie Targoff, "Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance" (Knopf, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Shakespeare's Sisters

Ramie Targoff
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, "In Search of Jonathan: Jonathan Between the Bible and Modern Fiction" (Oxford UP, 2023)

November 17, 2024

In Search of Jonathan

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Literature

Literature

episodes

Interviews with writer of creative fiction and non-fiction about their new books.

Cornelia M. Spelman, "Solace" (Jackleg Press, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Solace

Cornelia M. Spelman
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Emily Dinova, "The Antagonist" (Bruce Scivally, 2024)

November 20, 2024

The Antagonist

Emily Dinova
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors and scholars about new books in museum studies.

Deborah Parker, "Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters" (Villa I Tatti, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene

Deborah Parker
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Eunsong Kim, "The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property" (Duke UP, 2024)

October 12, 2024

The Politics of Collecting

Eunsong Kim
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Music

Music

episodes

Interviews with musicians and scholars of music about their new books.

Benjamin Barson, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons" (Wesleyan UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Brassroots Democracy

Benjamin Barson
Anthony Kwame Harrison on Cassette Tapes and Hip Hop Culture

November 18, 2024

Cassette Tapes and Hip Hop Culture

Anthony Kwame Harrison
Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

Interviews with performing artists and scholars of the performing arts about their new books.

Carrie J. Preston, "Complicit Participation: The Liberal Audience for Theater of Racial Justice" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Complicit Participation

Carrie J. Preston and Professor of English and Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies Carrie J Preston
Hosted by Ibrahim Fawzy
Benjamin Barson, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons" (Wesleyan UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Brassroots Democracy

Benjamin Barson
Photography

Photography

episodes

Interviews with photographers and scholars of photography about their new books.

Christopher Bell, "Walking East Harlem: A Neighborhood Experience" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Walking East Harlem

Christopher Bell
Hosted by Robert Snyder
Yolonda Youngs, "Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

October 9, 2024

Framing Nature

Yolonda Youngs
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

Interviews with poets and scholars of poetry about their new books.

Dennis Wuerthner, "Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness: P’ahan chip by Yi Illo" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness

Dennis Wuerthner, trans.
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Tikva Hecht, "Tashlikh" (Ben Yehuda Press, 2024)

October 10, 2024

Tashlikh

Tikva Hecht
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Vivian Asimos, "Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity" (Reaktion, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity

Vivian Asimos
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Benjamin Barson, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons" (Wesleyan UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Brassroots Democracy

Benjamin Barson
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of science fiction and scholars of science fiction about their new books.

Benjamin Resnick, "Next Stop" (Simon and Schuster, 2024)

November 12, 2024

Next Stop

Benjamin Resnick
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
CK Westbrook, "The Aftermath" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2024)

October 20, 2024

The Aftermath

CK Westbrook
Hosted by Karyne Messina