Category: Author Interview

September 28, 2009

Annie Hauck-Lawson and Jonathan Deutsch on quintessential New York City dishes and more

In a recent interview with Serious Eats New York, Jonathan Deutsch and Annie Hauck Lawson, co-editors of Gastropolis: Food and New York City, talked about the history of New York City food and some of their favorite New York City...

September 21, 2009

Interview with Joyce Mendelsohn, author of The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited

Joyce Mendelsohn is the author of  The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: A History and Guide to a Legendary New York Neighborhood. Question: What are some of the most dramatic changes to the Lower East Side in the last...

September 17, 2009

Interview with Mark C. Taylor, author of Field Notes from Elsewhere

The following is an interview with Mark Taylor, author of Field Notes from Elsewhere: Reflections on Living and Dying and professor of religion and chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University. Question:  The book begins with an incredibly...

September 17, 2009

Stephen Prince discusses 9/11 films on NPR

Stephen Prince, author of Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism was recently on On the Media to discuss how filmmakers have taken on the challenge of capturing the truth of the 9/11 attacks. In the interview, Prince discusses...

September 15, 2009

Interview with Santiago Zabala, author of The Remains of Being

During the summer and in advance of publication, we posted this interview with Santiago Zabala, author of The Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology After Metaphysics, on our Web site. Other sites and blogs, including 3 Quarks Daily published it as...

August 28, 2009

Dr. Paul Offit on Dateline this Sunday

This Sunday at 7 pm Dateline will have a special program on the vaccine “controversy.” The program will include Matt Lauer’s talk with Dr. Paul Offit, author of Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a...

August 25, 2009

Interview with Arlene N. Weisz and Beverly M. Black on Reducing Teen Dating Violence

The following is an interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black, co-authors of Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault. Question: Teen dating violence and sexual assault have been prominently featured in the news recently with the case...

August 20, 2009

Dana Kaplan discusses contemporary American Judaism with Religion in American History

In a wide ranging interview with Paul Harvey on the blog Religion in American History Dana Eric Kaplan, author of Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal, considers a range of issues from the impact of intermarriage to the meaning of...

July 27, 2009

Q & A with Seth Kunin, author of Juggling Identities

The following is an interview with Seth Kunin, author of Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity among the Crypto-Jews. Seth Kunin will be discussing the book tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center in Albuquerque. Q: What is crypto-Judaism?...

July 24, 2009

"At the moment there are few grounds for optimism." — Farzana Shaikh on Pakistan

“Pakistan differs from other countries in that its ideological confusion has bred dangerous consequences that go well beyond the frontier of the state. Until the country clarifies its relationship with Islam, it cannot be expected to do more in the...

July 9, 2009

Farzana Shaikh Has Tea with The Economist

Farzana Shaikh, author of Making Sense of Pakistan recently appeared on The Economist‘s series Tea with the Economist to talk about her book, Pakistan, India, Islam, and the army.

July 7, 2009

Jeffrey Perry on GRITtv with Laura Flanders

Jeffrey Perry, author of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, was recently on GRITtv with Laura Flanders to discuss his new book. (Please note, the embedded video is not showing up on some version of IE. Click here...