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Society & Culture
History
301
The Cambridge Centennial Edition of The Great G...
An interview with James L. W. West III and Sarah Churchwell
28 min
302
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and ...
A Discussion with Marlene L. Daut
61 min
303
Michael Ray Richardson, "Banned: How I Squander...
An interview with Jacob Uittit
52 min
304
Patchen Barss, "The Impossible Man: Roger Penro...
An interview with Patchen Barss
30 min
305
Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's...
An interview with Rebecca Brenner Graham
51 min
306
Joel Whitebook, "Freud: An Intellectual Biograp...
An interview with Joel Whitebook
51 min
307
Amy Aronson, "Chrystal Eastman: A Revolutionary...
An interview with Amy Aronson
57 min
308
Stuart Elden, "The Early Foucault" (Polity Pres...
An interview with Stuart Elden
47 min
309
Carl Rollyson, "The Life of William Faulkner: T...
An interview with Carl Rollyson
54 min
310
Donna Tesiero, "A Revolutionary Woman: Elizabet...
An interview with Donna Tesiero
85 min
311
Frederick Crews, "Freud: The Making of an Illus...
An interview with Frederick Crews
55 min
312
Emily Herring, "Herald of a Restless World: How...
An interview with Emily Herring
58 min
313
Susanna Ashton, "A Plausible Man: The True Stor...
An interview with Susanna Ashton
80 min
314
Harvey J. Kaye, "The British Marxist Historians...
An interview with Harvey J. Kaye
70 min
315
Peter Salmon, "An Event, Perhaps: A Biography o...
An interview with Peter Salmon
71 min
316
Daniel B. Hinshaw, "Journey to Simplicity: The ...
An interview with Daniel B. Hinshaw
87 min
317
Linda M. Clemmons, "Unrepentant Dakota Woman: A...
An interview with Linda M. Clemmons
49 min
318
Joseph McBride, "George Cukor's People: Acting ...
An interview with Joseph McBride
106 min
319
Paul French, "Her Lotus Year: China, the Roarin...
An interview with Paul French
42 min
320
Dianne Ashton and Melissa R. Klapper, "The Civi...
An interview with Melissa R. Klapper
52 min
321
Emanuela Trevisan Semi, "Taamrat Emmanuel: An E...
88 min
322
Beth Kaplan, "Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: T...
An interview with Beth Kaplan
61 min
323
David J. Collins, SJ, "Disenchanting Albert the...
An interview with David J. Collins, SJ
59 min
324
Rebecca Brenner Graham, "Dear Miss Perkins: A S...
An interview with Rebecca Brenner Graham
40 min
325
Henri Colt, "Becoming Modigliani" (Rake Press, ...
An interview with Henri Colt
50 min