Don’t Give Up
August 22, 2024
A podcast with Tom Fox, author of Creating the Hudson River Park: Environmental and Community Activism, Politics, and Greed. Click here and look for the July 16 podcast on the… READ MORE
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Gavan Leads Cat Lovers on Walking Tours in New York City
August 20, 2024
Peggy Gavan, author of The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York andThe Bravest Pets of Gotham: Tales of Four-Legged Firefighters of Old New York,… READ MORE
Rutgers Authors on the New Books Network Podcast
The Rutgers University Press Podcast is available on the New Books Network platform. Listen to an array of Rutgers University Press authors discussing their books.
Quicktakes Author Carmelo Esterrich Talks Star Wars on WGN for Star Wars Day (May 4th)
May 1, 2024
‘May the 4th Be With You’ … WGN9 Chicago spoke to local professor Carmelo Esterrich, who teaches a class about Star Wars fandom and American culture at Columbia College Chicago….. READ MORE
Latino Studies Reviewed “Caribes 2.0” by Jossianna Arroyo.
April 30, 2024
“Focusing on the complexities behind Caribbean mediascapes, Jossianna Arroyo’s Caribes 2.0 represents an important and timely contribution to Caribbean, Latin American, Latinx, Afro-diasporic, media, and cultural studies. This provocative study does not… READ MORE
The Family Proclamations Podcast Interviewed Author Deborah Cohan about “Welcome to Wherever We Are.”
There’s no single way to be a family. And every kind of family has something we can learn from. Host Blair Hodges explores the history and evolution of family structures,… READ MORE
“Resilient Kitchens” has been Nominated for the 2024 James Beard Foundation Book Awards in the Food Issues and Advocacy Category!
Today, the 2024 Media Award nominees were announced in advance of the returning James Beard Awards ceremonies presented by Capital One. The list includes nominees in Book, Broadcast Media, and Journalism categories. This year’s… READ MORE
Vox Interviews Derek Penslar Author of Zionism: An Emotional State
April 29, 2024
Is Israel a “settler-colonial” state? The debate, explained. The historical discussion at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Derek Penslar, a history professor at Harvard University, writes in his book Zionism: An… READ MORE
New Books Network Interviewed Dr. Fumilayo Showers about “Migrants Who Care”
As the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to… READ MORE
Mother Jones Interviewed “Bishops and Bodies” Author Lori Freedman
April 25, 2024
Emergency Abortion Care is Before the Supreme Court-and Blue States Should Be Very Worried. For decades, Catholic hospitals have been “doing as a norm what has now become the post-Dobbs… READ MORE