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Guest post by Peter Rutkoff A new exhibit, “One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Works,” opens today at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. We invited Peter Rutkoff, c0author of Fly Away: The Great African American Cultural Migrations, to offer this appreciation of Lawrence and his work. I marvel at the…
Guest post by James Martin and James E. Samels One of the many sins an author can commit is to be a "passenger" on the publishing journey of her or his own book. We have heard colleagues admit, "I just write the books; it is their job to sell them." Or, "I just spent three…
Events and conferences will keep JHUP authors and staff extra busy this month. Zocalo Public Square hosts Arizona State President Michael Crow, author of Designing the New American University, for a discussion with New York Times columnist Frank Bruni and Chronicle of Higher Education editor Liz McMillen. Authors Michael Burlingame and Charley Mitchell participate in…
Events and conferences will keep JHUP authors and staff extra busy this month. Zocalo Public Square hosts Arizona State President Michael Crow, author of Designing the New American University, for a discussion with New York Times columnist Frank Bruni and Chronicle of Higher Education editor Liz McMillen. Authors Michael Burlingame and Charley Mitchell participate in…
Guest post by Charles W. Mitchell “I had never witnessed such a scene as was now presented. The seats, aisles, galleries, and stage were filled with shouting, frenzied men and women, many running aimlessly over one another; a chaos of disorder beyond control.” So recalled Washington attorney Seaton Munroe after racing to Ford’s Theatre on…
Guest post by Charles W. Mitchell “I had never witnessed such a scene as was now presented. The seats, aisles, galleries, and stage were filled with shouting, frenzied men and women, many running aimlessly over one another; a chaos of disorder beyond control.” So recalled Washington attorney Seaton Munroe after racing to Ford’s Theatre on…
Guest post by Sheri Chinen Biesen The Society For Cinema & Media Studies hosts Sheri Chinen Biesen for presentation on this topic at the 2015 SCMS annual conference. Jazz music flourished in “musical” noir films, which were distinctive for showing smoke, shadows, and bluesy nightclub performers. The music recalled Harlem’s Cotton Club, where, according to…
Guest post by Sheri Chinen Biesen The Society For Cinema & Media Studies hosts Sheri Chinen Biesen for presentation on this topic at the 2015 SCMS annual conference. Jazz music flourished in “musical” noir films, which were distinctive for showing smoke, shadows, and bluesy nightclub performers. The music recalled Harlem’s Cotton Club, where, according to…
The Association of College and Research Libraries meets in Portland later this week, and Project MUSE and JHUP cordially invite you to stop by booth #463 to check out our latest books, journals, and online publications. There will be a special opportunities to see what's coming from MUSE and to test drive the acclaimed online editions…
The Association of College and Research Libraries meets in Portland later this week, and Project MUSE and JHUP cordially invite you to stop by booth #463 to check out our latest books, journals, and online publications. There will be a special opportunities to see what's coming from MUSE and to test drive the acclaimed online editions…