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Performing Arts
February 25, 2021
Maybe the People Would Be the Times
Luc Sante
Hosted by Andy Boyd
Maybe the People Would Be the Times (Verse Chorus Press, 2020) could be described as a memoir in essay form. Collecting pieces from the past two decades, this book covers Luc Sante's …
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American West
February 24, 2021
Cinematic Settlers
The Settler Colonial World in Film
Janne Lahti and Rebecca Weaver-Hightower
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
The medium of cinema emerged during the height of Victorian-era European empires, and as a result, settler colonial imperialism has thematically suffused film for well over a century. In Cinematic …
African American Studies
February 23, 2021
Liner Notes for the Revolution
The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
Daphne A. Brooks
Hosted by Amanda Joyce Hall
Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University Press, 2021) by Dr. Daphne Brooks is a lyrical masterpiece that takes readers on an exhilarating …
Jewish Studies
February 23, 2021
How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on …
Performing Arts
February 15, 2021
Another Day's Begun
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century
Howard Sherman
Hosted by Andy Boyd
Howard Sherman's Another Day's Begun: Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the 21st Century (Bloomsbury, 2021) provides a fascinating tour of contemporary productions of Wilder's great play. Why does this play from …
Japanese Studies
February 5, 2021
The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu
An Elemental Cinema
Linda C. Ehrlich
Hosted by Takeshi Morisato
The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) draws readers into the first 13 feature films and 5 of the documentaries of award-winning Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu …
Performing Arts
February 5, 2021
Fictional Blues
Narrative Self-Invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White
Kimberly Mack
Hosted by Andy Boyd
The familiar story of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, who sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity, and the violent stereotypes evoked …
Performing Arts
February 5, 2021
Afro-Fabulations
The Queer Drama of Black Life
Tavia Nyong'o
Hosted by Andy Boyd
Tavia Nyong’o's Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life (NYU Press, 2018), examines a broad range of artists and disciplines, from Adrian Piper to Kara Walker to the meaning of …
Celebration Studies
February 4, 2021
Festive Devils of the Americas
Milla Cozart Riggio, Angela Marino, and Paolo Vignolo
Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil—the devil that dances—turns the most hideous acts into playful transgressions …
Critical Theory
January 29, 2021
Access All Areas
The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond
Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How can we create a more equal media industry? In Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond, Marcus Ryder and Sir Lenny Henry, both founder members of …
Performing Arts
January 29, 2021
¡Presente!
The Politics of Presence
Diana Taylor
Hosted by Andy Boyd
Diana Taylor's ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence (Duke University Press, 2020) examines what it means to be presente in the context of protest, theatre, and everyday life. Taylor pays particular …
Music
January 26, 2021
Musical Solidarities
Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland
Andrea Bohlman
Hosted by Kristen Turner
Musical Solidarities: Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland (Oxford University Press, 2020) by Andrea Bohlman is a study of the music of dissent and protest during the Solidarity …
Anthropology
January 25, 2021
Liquor Store Theatre
Maya Stovall
Hosted by Reighan Gillam
For six years, anthropologist and artist Maya Stovall enacted a series of dance performances outside of liquor stores in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on Detroit’s east side. Stovall conceptualized these performances …
Literary Studies
January 22, 2021
Archive Feelings
A Theory of Greek Tragedy
Mario Telò
Hosted by Britton Edelen
On this episode, I interview Mario Telò, professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, about his new book, Archive Feelings: A Theory of Greek Tragedy …
Performing Arts
January 20, 2021
This Is Not My Memoir
André Gregory and Todd London
Hosted by Andy Boyd
André Gregory's not-memoir This Is Not My Memoir (FSG, 2020) is a fascinating trip through theatre history as seen through the eyes of one of its greatest directors. The André we …
LGBTQ+ Studies
January 18, 2021
Live At Jackson Station
Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar
Daniel M. Harrison
Hosted by Morris Ardoin
The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive …
East Asian Studies
January 14, 2021
Staging Personhood
Costuming in Early Qing Drama
Guojun Wang
Hosted by Sarah Bramao-Ramos
Much is known about the Qing sartorial regulations and how the Qing conquerors forced Han Chinese males to adopt Manchu hairstyle and clothing. But what happened on the stage? What …
Asian Review of Books
January 14, 2021
Three Asian Divas
Women, Art and Culture In Shiraz, Delhi and Yangzhou
David Chaffetz
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The “diva” is a common trope when we talk about culture. We normally think of the diva as a Western construction: the opera singer, the Broadway actress, the movie star …
Performing Arts
January 13, 2021
Life at Hamilton
Sometimes You Throw Away Your Shot, Only to Find Your Story
Mike Anthony
Hosted by Alexandra Salkin
When Mike Anthony moved to New York City to become an actor, he’d imagined being under the bright lights of Broadway, living a life full of fame and fortune. Instead …
Performing Arts
January 12, 2021
Sailor Song
The Shanties and Ballads of the High Seas
Gerry Smyth
Hosted by Andy Boyd
Sailor Song: The Shanties and Ballads of the High Seas (University of Washington Press, 2020) by performer and scholar Gerry Smyth includes lyrics and commentary for dozens of sea shanties, as well …
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