Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

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

Farshid Emami, "Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran" (Penn State UP, 2024)

August 17, 2024

Isfahan

Farshid Emami
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Arif Hasan, "The Search for Shelter: Writings on Land and Housing" (Oxford UP, 2022)

August 10, 2024

The Search for Shelter

Arif Hasan
Hosted by Amal Hashim
Art

Art

episodes

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

Julia Kindt, "The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

September 4, 2024

The Trojan Horse and Other Stories

Julia Kindt
Jordan Magnuson, "Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice" (Amherst College Press, 2023)

September 4, 2024

Game Poems

Jordan Magnuson
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

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

On Haya Shenhav's "100 Rooms": A Discussion with Yirmi PInkus

September 8, 2024

On Haya Shenhav's "100 Rooms"

Haya Shenhav
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Ruth Spiro, "One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story" (Dial Books, 2024)

September 7, 2024

One Small Spark

Ruth Spiro
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
Chris Richardson, "Batman and the Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture" (Routledge, 2020)

September 3, 2024

Batman and the Joker

Chris Richardson
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko, "Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi" (Brill, 2024)

July 19, 2024

Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan

Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko
Hosted by Jingyi Li
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

episodes

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

Michael Gavin, "Literary Mathematics: Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies" (Stanford UP, 2022)

September 9, 2024

Literary Mathematics

Michael Gavin
Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 8, 2024

TikTok Broadway

Trevor Boffone
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Fantasy

Fantasy

episodes

Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

Premee Mohamed, "The Siege of Burning Grass" (Solaris, 2024)

August 2, 2024

The Siege of Burning Grass

Premee Mohamed
Hosted by A. E. Lanier
Eric Reinders, "Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 20, 2024

Reading Tolkien in Chinese

Eric Reinders
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Film

Film

episodes

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

Steve Jones, "The Metamodern Slasher Film" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

September 10, 2024

The Metamodern Slasher Film

Steve Jones
Hosted by Jessica Walker
L. A. Confidential

September 9, 2024

L. A. Confidential

Folklore

Folklore

episodes

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

Greg Eghigian, "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 11, 2024

After the Flying Saucers Came

Greg Eghigian
Hosted by Ran Zwigenberg
David Zeitlyn, "Mambila Divination: Framing Questions, Constructing Answers" (Routledge, 2021)

September 7, 2024

Mambila Divination

David Zeitlyn
Food

Food

episodes
Jeremy Salamon, "Second Generation: 100 Hungarian and Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table" (Harvest Publications, 2024)

September 6, 2024

Second Generation

Jeremy Salamon with Casey Elsass
Hosted by Laura Goldberg
Elizabeth A. Williams, "Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750-1950" (U Chicago Press, 2020)

September 2, 2024

Appetite and Its Discontents

Elizabeth A. Williams
Hosted by Claire Clark
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.

Jordan Magnuson, "Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice" (Amherst College Press, 2023)

September 4, 2024

Game Poems

Jordan Magnuson
Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas R. Baima, "Why It's Ok to Be a Gamer" (Routledge, 2024)

September 3, 2024

Why It's Ok to Be a Gamer

Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas R. Baima
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

Madeline Martin, "The Booklover's Library" (Hanover Square Press, 2024)

September 10, 2024

The Booklover's Library

Madeline Martin
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Jake Lamar, "Viper's Dream" (Crooked Lane Books, 2023)

August 30, 2024

Viper's Dream

Jake Lamar
Hosted by Kishauna Soljour
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Red Chidgey and Joanne Garde-Hansen, "Museums, Archives and Protest Memory" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

September 9, 2024

Museums, Archives and Protest Memory

Red Chidgey and Joanne Garde-Hansen
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Dan Stone, "Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2023)

September 5, 2024

Fate Unknown

Dan Stone
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Morgane Cadieu, "On Both Sides of the Tracks: Social Mobility in Contemporary French Literature" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

September 10, 2024

On Both Sides of the Tracks

Morgane Cadieu
Michael Gavin, "Literary Mathematics: Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies" (Stanford UP, 2022)

September 9, 2024

Literary Mathematics

Michael Gavin
Literature

Literature

episodes

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

Ayelet Tsabari, "Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel" (Random House, 2024)

September 10, 2024

Songs for the Brokenhearted

Ayelet Tsabari
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Mary Jones, "The Goodbye Process" (Zibby Books, 2024)

September 10, 2024

The Goodbye Process

Mary Jones
Hosted by Chris Holmes
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

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

Red Chidgey and Joanne Garde-Hansen, "Museums, Archives and Protest Memory" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

September 9, 2024

Museums, Archives and Protest Memory

Red Chidgey and Joanne Garde-Hansen
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Elizabeth A. Wahler and Sarah C. Johnson, "Creating a Person-Centered Library: Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons (Bloomsbury, 2023)

August 28, 2024

Creating a Person-Centered Library

Elizabeth A. Wahler and Sarah C. Johnson
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Music

Music

episodes

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

A Life Based on an Experiment

September 9, 2024

A Life Based on an Experiment

Siavash Amini
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 8, 2024

TikTok Broadway

Trevor Boffone
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

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

Steve Jones, "The Metamodern Slasher Film" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

September 10, 2024

The Metamodern Slasher Film

Steve Jones
Hosted by Jessica Walker
Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 8, 2024

TikTok Broadway

Trevor Boffone
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Photography

Photography

episodes

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

Joseph Heathcott, "Global Queens: An Urban Mosaic" (Fordham UP, 2023)

August 21, 2024

Global Queens

Joseph Heathcott
Hosted by Tyler Thier
Javier Fernández-Galeano, "Queer Obscenity: Erotic Archives in Dictatorial Spain" (Stanford UP, 2024)

August 16, 2024

Queer Obscenity

Javier Fernández-Galeano
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

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

Jordan Magnuson, "Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice" (Amherst College Press, 2023)

September 4, 2024

Game Poems

Jordan Magnuson
Rochelle Potkar, "Coins in Rivers: Poems" (Hachette India, 2024)

August 3, 2024

Coins in Rivers

Rochelle Potkar
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Steve Jones, "The Metamodern Slasher Film" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

September 10, 2024

The Metamodern Slasher Film

Steve Jones
Hosted by Jessica Walker
Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 8, 2024

TikTok Broadway

Trevor Boffone
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

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

Edward Shanks, "The People of the Ruins" (MIT Press, 2024)

August 6, 2024

The People of the Ruins

Edward Shanks
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Graham McNeill, "Horus Heresy - False Gods" (Games Workshop, 2014)

June 25, 2024

Horus Heresy - False Gods

Graham McNeill
Hosted by Michael Morales