ICYMI
Van Jensen’s Godfall was picked up by Imagine TV
“The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that Jensen’s book was the subject of a bidding war that featured north of 10 other potential buyers before it was acquired by Imagine, a company started by Howard and Brian Grazer,” wrote Omaha World Herald.
Bass Reeves, the subject of not one Bison Books titles but four, has his own Paramount+ tv series! It is streaming on Paramount+ now.
The Bass Reeves Trilogy by Sidney Thompson
Black Gun, Silver Star by Art T. Burton
Reviews
Review in IEEE: Technology and Society Magazine:
“Reading Wuebben’s work is a rich experience. One particular strength lies in his showing how power and telegraph lines appear in places one would not expect.”
Review in Methodist History:
“One of the strongest aspects of the book is the beautiful way McKenzie writes about the landscape and climate of the American West. His writing is at times reminiscent of authors like Wallace Stegner, who similarly sought to emphasize how the dry climate and vast distances between European settlements, mountains, and deserts all made it exceedingly difficult for newcomers to understand and thrive in the American West.”
Review in Asian Review of Books:
“Seligman’s book is chilling for what happened to Semyon, but it’s also a lesson in history about a lesser known part of northeast Asia, colonial puppet state and all.”
Review in Journal of Southern History:
“Although covering more than four centuries, this book presents an easy-to-read survey concerning often ignored topics and the author’s personal interpretation of them. Dundas has written a thought-provoking book and provides a different understanding of religion, politics, and the role they played regarding racism in America.”
Review in Journal of Southern History:
“The stories and anecdotes collected in Operation Pedro Pan speak to the ambivalence and complexity of youth migration, and the disruptive, often surreal experience of being transformed from a child into a political symbol.”
Review in H-Net Review:
“This book will be of interest to readers from genre studies and beyond, notably those from ecocriticism, migration studies, Black studies, Indigenous studies, and even trauma studies. More generally, Speculative Wests will appeal to readers interested in recent works of literature, film, and television that are oriented toward futures that might come to be or, in Johnson’s words, that present ‘an exploration of possible histories, places, and futures existing outside the limitations of the here and now and the here and then’ (p. 171).”
Review in French Studies:
“Considering the complicated and often painful experience of migration and its impact on one’s identity and heritage, Frelier’s compelling project invites us to reflect on the transformative potential of trans-families and alternative modes of familial fulfillment. In addition to the significant contributions this timely work makes to scholarship on the individual authors analyzed therein, this work will also serve as an invaluable resource to anyone interested in literary representations of family alongside feminist, queer, and intersectional theoretical questions pertaining to social class, race, and gender.”
Review in Journal of North African Studies:
“In three distinct sections, Frelier thoughtfully examines how these writers mobilize portrayals of transnational, transcultural, and transdiasporic kinship models respectively, and in doing so propose an alternative to rigid colonial models of the nuclear family. She especially emphasizes the autofictional nature of the texts, opening each chapter with a biography of the writer that emphasizes their experiences and self-identification as members of trans-families.”
Review from Matthew Kerns:
“Scheduled for release on December 1, 2023, the book offers an intriguing look at the historical figure of Buffalo Bill Cody through the lens of food and drink, presenting a perspective that is as informative as it is appetizing.”
Review from Matthew Kerns:
“A thought-provoking masterpiece. Following the life and achievements of John Muir, ‘Father of the National Parks,’ McNally masterfully shows how one of America’s greatest achievements—the preservation of our wildest places—is indelibly tied to one of our most abject failures—the treatment of the Native Americans who lived there.”
Author Interviews
Interview with Commonplace podcast
Interview with Chapter 16 Blog
Interview with Faculti
Interview with SABRcast podcast
Interview with Good Seats Still Available podcast
Interview with National Baseball Hall of Fame
Interview with CBS Sunday Morning
UNP blog 