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Podcast #136 – Aidan Levy

This week we interview Aidan Levy whose latest book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, was published in December 2022 by Hachette Books. Levy also authored, Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed, and he edited Patti Smith on

June 2, 2023 26:07 Speakers: Aidan Levy, Jennifer Skoog

Podcast #129 – Helen Rappaport

This week we interview Helen Rappaport, the British author of sixteen highly regarded biographies. Her latest book, In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Black Cultural Icon and Humanitarian, was published by Pegasus Books in September 2022. Rappapo

April 14, 2023 28:05 Speakers: Helen Rappaport, Jennifer Skoog

Podcast #127 – Lydia Moland

This week we interview Lydia Moland, professor of philosophy at Colby College and author of Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, published by in the University of Chicago Press in October 2022. This biography explores the life of one of the ninete

March 31, 2023 30:51 Speakers: Jennifer Skoog, Lydia Moland

Podcast #125 – Hilary A. Hallett

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

Podcast Episode #123 – Neil Baldwin

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

Podcast Episode #113 – Iris Jamahl Dunkle

This week we interview Iris Jamahl Dunkle, the former Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, California, and an award-winning author. Dunkle’s biography about the artist and wife of famed writer Jack London, titled, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer,

February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jennifer Skoog

Podcast Episode #109 – Allison Gilbert

This week we interview Allison Gilbert, an award-winning journalist and co-author (with writer Julia Scheeres) of Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman. Published by Seal Press in September 2022, this biography

February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Allison Gilbert, Jennifer Skoog

Podcast Episode #103 – Etta Madden

This week we interview Etta Madden, author of Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and International Networks. Published by the State University of New York Press in April 2022, this book focuses on three little known Americans—Caroline Crane

February 9, 2022 30:23 Speakers: Etta Madden, Jennifer Skoog

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