Category: Author Interview

December 22, 2009

Interview with Geoffrey Kabat, author of Hyping Health Risks

The following are excerpts from a recent interview with Geoffrey Kabat, author of Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology that appeared in the Epidemiology Monitor. The November issue was devoted to Kabat’s work...

December 16, 2009

Morality is not necessarily good — An interview with Hans-Georg Moeller

Q: Are you hoping to just inform readers? Give them pleasure? Piss them off? A: All of the above. Admittedly, the following quote from a recent interview in Religion Dispatches with Hans-Georg Moeller, author of The Moral Fool: A Case...

November 24, 2009

Interview with Elliot R. Wolfson on his new book "Open Secret"

November 12, 2009

Everyday Ethics and Social Change — An Interview with Anna Peterson

Recently, Religion Dispatches interviewed Anna Peterson about her new book, Everyday Ethics and Social Change: The Education of Desire. Here is the beginning of that interview: Q: What inspired you to write Everyday Ethics and Social Change? What sparked your...

October 22, 2009

Interview with Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger, authors of Jewish Terrorism in Israel

The following is an interview with Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger, authors of Jewish Terrorism in Israel. You can also read an interview with Pedahzur discussing his previous book The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism or browse...

October 21, 2009

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

Joyce Mendelsohn, author of The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited was recently interviewed on Talkline with Zev Brenner. In the interview (which starts at the 40 minute mark in the podcast) she discusses the state of the Jewish community...

October 9, 2009

Interview with Alex Danchev, author of Art and War and Terror

The following is an interview with Alex Danchev, author of On Art and War and Terror. (The book is currently on sale during our special offer on politics, political theory, and political science theory titles.) Question: Art and war and...

October 7, 2009

Rashid Khalidi on the Middle East conflict and the two-state solution

In a recent interview on Rear Vision, Rashid Khalidi, author of, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (revised edition forthcoming), discussed the history of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Here’s what Rashid Khalidi has to say...

October 5, 2009

Alexander Joy Cartwright and the invention of baseball

For many fans, the baseball season has come to an end, so for those whose teams did not make the playoffs but still need their baseball fix, the following is an interview with Jay Martin, author of Live All You...

September 29, 2009

The Main Course interviews Andy Smith

In an interview on Heritage Radio Network’s show The Main Course Andy Smith discusses some of the 30 turning points in American food from his book, Eating History. In the interview he touches on topics as varied as the invention...

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...