In The Ethical Soundscape, Charles Hirschkind explores how a popular Islamic media form—the cassette sermon—has profoundly transformed the political geography of the Middle East over the last three decades. nnQuestion: Islamic cassette media have been associated with Muslim fundamentalism and...

Question: “Postmemory” – what is it? The description of your book claims that we can inherit other people’s memories, how so?nnMarianne Hirsch: “Postmemory” describes the relationship that the “generation after” bears to the personal, collective, and cultural trauma of those...

The following is an interview with Ed Hess, author of Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of GrowthnnQuestion: Your book Smart Growth challenges the validity of long-held business beliefs that a business must “grow or die”...

The following is an interview with Daniel Herwitz, author of  The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption:nnQ: There’s a Lady Diana book industry out there that keeps the discount catalogues of England and America in business....

The following is an interview with Stephanie Hepburn, coauthor (with Rita Simon) of Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight (For more on the book, you can also watch a video of Stephanie Hepburn discussing the book.):nnQuestion: What...