About Rebekah Buchanan

Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. She has written extensively on popular culture in the classroom, youth’s out of school literacy practices, music-based pedagogy, and punk, including her book "Writing a Riot: Riot Grrrl Zines and Feminist Rhetorics" (Peter Lang, 2018). She's a diehard Cubs fan and misses The Winchester Brothers.

Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Rebekah:

Konrad Bercovici, "The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years with the Legends Who Lunch" (SUNY Press, 2024)

September 28, 2024

The Algonquin Round Table

Konrad Bercovici
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring …

Tom Boniface-Webb, "Modern Music Masters: Oasis" (MMM, 2020)

September 7, 2024

Modern Music Masters - Oasis

Tom Boniface-Webb
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In the first book in the Modern Music Masters series, Tom Boniface-Webb examines the Manchester band Modern Music Masters-Oasis (MMM, 2020). Founded i…

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

In Batman and The Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2020), Chris Richardson presents a cultural analysis of the ways gender, i…

John S. Garrison, "Red Hot + Blue" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

September 2, 2024

Red Hot + Blue

John S. Garrison
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

John Garrison's Red Hot + Blue (33 1/3 Series) (Bloomsbury, 2024) is a meditation on music's capacity to find us, transform us, and help us make sen…

Mel Stanfill, "Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture" (NYU Press, 2024)

August 31, 2024

Fandom Is Ugly

Mel Stanfill
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In their latest book, Fandom is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture (NYU Press, 2024), Mel Stafill highlights the importance of consid…

Terena Elizabeth Bell, "Tell Me What You See" (Whiskey Tit, 2022)

August 28, 2024

Tell Me What You See

Terena Elizabeth Bell
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Terena Elizabeth Bell's Tell Me What You See (Whisk(e)y Tit, 2022), is a collection of ten experimental short stories about coronavirus quarantines, c…

Steve Moriarty, "Mia Zapata and the Gits: A True Story of Art, Rock and Revolution" (Ferel House, 2024)

August 26, 2024

Mia Zapata and the Gits

Steve Moriarty
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Mia Zapata and the Gits: A True Story of Art, Rock and Revolution (Ferel House, 2024) by Steve Moriarty, shares the story of the Seattle based The Git…

Charles Holdefer, "Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic" (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024)

August 21, 2024

Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic

Charles Holdefer
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Charles Holdefer's new short story collection, Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024) weaves together ten stories th…

Karen Tongson, "Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us" (NYU Press, 2023)

August 18, 2024

Normporn

Karen Tongson
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us (NYU Press, 2023), Karen Tongson presents an irreverent look at the love-hate relationship betwe…

Gregory A. Daddis, "Pulp Vietnam: War and Gender in Cold War Men’s Adventure Magazines" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

August 5, 2024

Pulp Vietnam

Gregory A. Daddis
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In his compelling evaluation of Cold War popular culture, Pulp Vietnam: War and Gender in Cold War Men’s Adventure Magazines (Cambridge UP, 2020), Gre…

Kate Brandes, "Stone Creek" (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2024)

August 3, 2024

Stone Creek

Kate Brandes
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Kate Brandes' new novel, Stone Creek (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2024) introduces readers to Tilly and Frank Stone. Seventeen years ago, after living as a fugit…

Kevin Mattson, "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America" (Oxford UP, 2020)

July 22, 2024

We're Not Here to Entertain

Kevin Mattson
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In his new book, We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America (Oxford UP, 2020), Kevin Mattson doc…

Breanne Fahs, "Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution" (Verso, 2020)

July 21, 2024

Burn It Down

Breanne Fahs
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution (Verso, 2020), Breanne Fahs has curated a comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos from th…

Heidi Honeycutt, "I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies" (Headpress, 2024)

July 12, 2024

I Spit on Your Celluloid

Heidi Honeycutt
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

I Spit On Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies (Headpress, 2024) by Heidi Honeycutt is the first book-length history of female…

C. J. Spataro, "More Strange Than True" (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024)

June 15, 2024

More Strange Than True

C. J. Spataro
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Award winning author and short fiction writer, C. J. Spataro's debut novel, More Strange Than True (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024) takes us in to a wor…

Jared Stearns, "Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers" (Headpress, 2024)

June 14, 2024

Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers

Jared Stearns
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers (Headpress, 2024), Jared Stearns tells the untold story of the world's most famous X-rated star, w…

Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)

June 11, 2024

Infinite Dreams

Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega (Backbeat, 2024) by Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere is the first biography on the life of Alan Vega, best kno…

Corey J. Miles, "Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South" (U Mississippi Press, 2024)

June 7, 2024

Vibe

Corey J. Miles
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South (University of Mississippi Press, 2023), Corey J. Miles narrates how southern Black…

Tara López, "Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso" (U Texas Press, 2024)

June 4, 2024

Chuco Punk

Tara López
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Tara López's Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso (University of Texas Press, 2024), is an immersive study of the influential and predominantly Chi…

Daniel Rachel, "Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation" (Akashic Books, 2024)

June 1, 2024

Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story

Daniel Rachel
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Daniel Rachel's new book Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation (Akashic, 2024) presents …

Bodie A. Ashton, "The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity, and Society" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

May 28, 2024

The Pet Shop Boys and the Political

Bodie A. Ashton
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity, and Society (Bloomsbury, 2024), editor Bodie Ashton compiles twelve essays explo…

David Winner, "Master Lovers: A Twisted Puzzle of Love and Fascism" (Outpost 19, 2023)

May 13, 2024

Master Lovers

David Winner
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In Master Lovers: A Twisted Puzzle of Love and Fascism (Outpost 19, 2023) author David Winner examines the complications of learning about the complex…

Rachel Greenlaw, "Compass and Blade" (Inkyard Press, 2024)

April 12, 2024

Compass and Blade

Rachel Greenlaw
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Rachel Greenlaw's debut young adult romantasy, Compass and Blade (Inkyard Press, 2024) is filled with sirens and mysterious magic, swoony romance and …

Wole Talabi, "Convergence Problems" (Astra Publishing House, 2024)

April 7, 2024

Convergence Problems

Wole Talabi
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In his new story collection Convergence Problems (DAW Books, 2024), Wole Talabi investigates the rapidly changing role of technology and belief in our…