New Books in Popular Culture
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Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone, "Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
An interview with Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone
Theresa Runstedtler, "Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA" (Bold Type Books, 2023)
An interview with Theresa Runstedtler
Richard Thompson Ford, "Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History" (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
An interview with Richard Thompson Ford
Marion Turner, "The Wife of Bath: A Biography" (Princeton UP, 2023)
An interview with Marion Turner
Elizabeth Cobbs, "Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé" (Harvard UP, 2023)
An interview with Elizabeth Cobbs
The Los Angeles Review of Books: A Conversation with Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke
Today I talked to Michelle Chihara, Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books and Annie Berke, the Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. We talked about book reviewing in the age of the Internet and LA literary culture. Caleb Zakarin is
Ben Dodds, "Myths and Memories of the Black Death" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
An interview with Ben Dodds
The Wooden O and the Iron Throne: Game of Thrones and Shakespeare Part 2
“Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown”
Measure for Measure Episode 4: Movies
We’d rate today’s episode a ten out of ten, five star, certified fresh, two thumbs up. But we can’t speak for its IMdB score. This episode was produced by Andrew Middleton and Liya Rechtman. Measure for Measure is a limited series from Ministry of Ideas.
Thomas Aiello, "Dixieball: Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South, 1947-1979" (U Tennessee Press, 2019)
An interview with Thomas Aiello