The following is an excerpt from Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System (Nebraska, March 2017) by Sonya Huber. Huber is an associate professor of English at Fairfield University. She is the author of Opa Nobody (Nebraska, 2008), Cover Me: … Continue reading Excerpt: Pain Woman Takes Your Keys
The following contribution comes from Beth Slutsky, author of Gendering Radicalism: Women and Communism in Twentieth-Century California (Nebraska, 2015). Her book is currently on sale in honor of Women’s History Month. In 2016 American voters nearly elected their first female president, but instead … Continue reading From the Desk of Beth Slutsky: Demonizing Dissent
The following is an excerpt from There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, KITT, and Many Others (Potomac Books, March 2017) by William Daniels, an actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. … Continue reading Excerpt: There I Go Again
The following contribution comes from Bailey Poland, author of Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online (Potomac Books, 2016). Bailey Poland is a writer, feminist, and activist, as well as the creator of the literary journal Leaves and Flowers and is a regular contributor … Continue reading From the Desk of Bailey Poland: On Writing as Women
Mark Spitzer loves fish and he loves to fish. As a nationally known author (Seasons of the Gar, Return of the Gar), writing about fish and their issues is what he does best. In this blog series, Spitzer shares his … Continue reading Where in the West is Mark Spitzer?
The following contribution comes from Jean Hastings Ardell, co-author of Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey (April 2017). Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, the first woman to win a men’s professional baseball game. Raw, open, and … Continue reading From the Desk of Jean Ardell: Writing Ila Borders’ Story
Lester Tenney, World War II veteran and author of My Hitch in Hell, passed away the last week of February at the age of ninety-six. In 2000, Potomac Books published My Hitch in Hell: The Battan Death March, Tenney’s account of … Continue reading Lester Tenney, 1920-2017
Books Cannibal Safiya Sinclair One of Literary Hub‘s “Oscar nominees” for best book of poetry. Before Boas by Han F. Vermeulen Praise from American Anthropologist: “To use words such as ‘magisterial’ and ‘compendious’ about this book may understate the case.” … Continue reading News and Reviews
March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, we’re sharing just a few of our favorite books by and about women. Separation Scenes: Domestic Drama in Early Modern England by Ann C. Christensen Separation Scenes argues that domestic plays make the … Continue reading Reading List: Women’s History Month
The following excerpt comes from Screening the System: Exposing Security Clearance Dangers (February 2017) by Martha Louise Deutscher. From Chapter 1: The Many Faces of a Threat Ethnicity, Nationality, and Other Threats When Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Franklin … Continue reading Excerpt: Screening the System
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