New Books in Popular Culture
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Cold War Homefront
On The Deer Hunter (1978), Coming Home (1978), and Da Five Bloods (2020)
Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert, "Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman" (Seal Press, 2022)
An interview with Allison Gilbert
Murasaki Yamada, "Talk to My Back" (Drawn & Quarterly, 2022)
An interview with Ryan Holmberg
Jim Cullen, "1980: America's Pivotal Year" (Rutgers UP, 2022)
An interview with Jim Cullen
Andrew Bomback, "Long Days, Short Years: A Cultural History of Modern Parenting" (MIT Press, 2022)
An interview with Andrew Bomback
Catherine Lester, "Horror Films for Children: Fear and Pleasure in American Cinema" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
An interview with Catherine Lester
Jamie Fahey, "Futsal: The Indoor Game That Is Revolutionizing World Soccer" (Melville House, 2021)
An interview with Jamie Fahey
Mary J. Magoulick, "The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: A Feminist Critique" (UP of Mississippi, 2022)
An interview with Mary J. Magoulick
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
On On the Beach (1959), The Day After (1983), and Threads (1984)
Stevie Van Zandt, "Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir" (Hachette Books, 2022)
An interview with Stevie Van Zandt