New Books in Popular Culture
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Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay, "Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan" (U Texas Press, 2023)
An interview with Alex Pappademas
Roland Allen, "The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" (Profile Books, 2023)
An interview with Roland Allen
Amanda Kennell, "Alice in Japanese Wonderlands: Translation, Adaptation, Mediation" (U Hawaii Press, 2023)
An interview with Amanda Kennell
W. K. Stratton, "The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film" (Bloomsbury, 2019)
An interview with W. K. Stratton
Benjamin Lorr, "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket" (Penguin, 2020)
An interview with Benjamin Lorr
Christine E. Evans, “Between Truth and Time: A History of Soviet Central Television” (Yale UP, 2016)
An interview with Christine E. Evans
Annie McClanahan, "Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First Century Culture" (Stanford UP, 2016)
An interview with Annie McClanahan
Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler, "Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
An interview with Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler
Bryan McCann, "The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era" (U Alabama Press, 2017)
An interview with Bryan McCann