July 29, 2009
My Jewish Learning has a fantastically interesting interview with Jeffrey Chandler about his book, Jews, God and Videotape. Can you give examples of some positives and negatives of the effect… READ MORE
July 28, 2009
From Sunday’s “Required Reading” Column: Boulevard of Dreams by Constance Rosenblum (NYU Press) Once one of the most magnificent roadways in New York City, what started out as the Grand… READ MORE
July 27, 2009
From the Library Journal interview of David Freeland, author (and tour guide) of Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville… The Atlantic Garden backed onto Elizabeth Street, from which at first it… READ MORE
July 24, 2009
An introduction to Queer Country, the blog counterpart to Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America by Mary L. Gray. What this site is about?… READ MORE
July 22, 2009
Salon.com has a great interview with Babysitter author Miriam Forman-Brunell. It covers all aspects of the babysitting spectrum, from history.. Has there ever been a golden age of baby sitting?… READ MORE
July 21, 2009
Cross-posted from Gotham Lost and Found, the blog of David Freeland, author of Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure. The other day my friend and… READ MORE
July 20, 2009
This article features our Fall 2009 title The Fat Studies Reader, edited by Esther D. Rothblum and Sondra Solovay One of the most comprehensive data sets available about Americans—how tall… READ MORE
July 16, 2009
By Constance Rosenblum. Cross-posted from boulevard-of-dreams.com, the website for the forthcoming book Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx The other day… READ MORE