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This week we interview Hilary A. Hallett, the Mendelson Family Professor, Director of American Studies, and Associate Professor of History at Columbia University. Her latest book is Inventing The Hollywood It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Roma
March 17, 2023 30:58 Speakers: Hilary A. Hallett, Jennifer Skoog
This week we interview writer, editor, and former journalist in the Washington, D.C. area, Diana P. Parsell. Her biography, Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees, was published this month by Oxford University Press
March 10, 2023 24:40 Speakers: Diana P. Parsell, Lisa Napoli
This week we interview Neil Baldwin, an author whose critically acclaimed biographies include examinations of William Carlos Williams, Man Ray, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. His current biography, Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern, was published b
February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Jennifer Skoog, Neil Baldwin
This week we interview Lerita Coleman Brown, author of What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman, published this month by Broadleaf Books. A Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology at Agnes Scott College, Brown is a spiritual
February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, Lerita Coleman Brown
This week we interview co-authors Marilyn S. Greenwald and Yun Li about their book, Eunice Hunton Carter: A Lifelong Fight for Social Justice, published by Empire State Editions, in April 2021. Greenwald is Professor Emerita of Journalism at Ohio Univers
February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Lisa Napoli, Marilyn S. Greenwald, Yun Li
This week we interview journalist Kostya Kennedy, author of True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson, published by St. Martin’s Press, in April 2022. Kennedy is an editorial director at Dotdash Meredith and a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated.
February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, Kostya Kennedy
This week we interview Wanda A. Hendricks, Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of South Carolina and author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism During Jim Crow and Apartheid, published by the University of Illinois
February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Sonja Williams, Wanda A. Hendricks
This special episode features excerpts from a spirited conversation between USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page and fellow award-winning biographer and BIO member John “Jack” Farrell. His latest book, Ted Kennedy: A Life, is a fascinating explor
February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: John A. Farrell, Susan Page