Because we want to hear from you about the Yale Press Podcast series, here is an interview with Eric J. Sundquist, author of King’s Dream: The Legacy of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Listen to or download the podcast here and be sure to read up on
This afternoon at 4:30pm, Molly Rogers, author of Delia’s Tears: Race, Science, and Photography in 19th-Century America, will be interviewed by eminent historian David Blight about her book here on Yale’s campus. The book retells the story of seven South Carolina slaves who were photographed at the request of Swiss
After publishing not one, but two Anthologies of Graphic Fiction, noted cartoonist and illustrator, Ivan Brunetti, is back with Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice, an instructional how-to for cartooning as an art of self-expression. In this book, he presents fifteen distinct lessons on the art of cartooning, guiding his readers through
@Joe DiMaggio2011 Check out today’s fun crossword on Joe’s Facebook Page. @David_Rogers has a free webinar next Thursday, February 24 to discuss the lessons from his book The Network Is Your Customer: Five Strategies to Thrive in a Digital Age. Hollywood Sign: The famous icon is ever a tweetable mention.
Last Thursday during their annual conference, College Art Association (CAA) announced the recipients of their 2011 Awards for Distinction. Among the honorees were three titles published by Yale University Press: The Charles Rufus Morey Book Award went to Molly Emma Aitken for The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting,
Michelle Stein George Gershwin’s music is a near inimitable part of American culture. Though he lived a short life, dying at the age of thirty-eight, the work he composed during his life offered a long-lasting heritage and contribution to American musicals and concert pieces. In 1935, Gershwin’s American folk opera
Ivan Lett Fashion has been one of the most notoriously difficult industries for blacks to penetrate. In March 1966, Donyale Luna was the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue—the British edition. It would be almost a decade later before Beverly Johnson appeared as the first black
As previously announced, Clare Cavanagh is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism for Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West. In the lead-up to the March 10 announcement of the winners, the NBCC blog “Critical Mass” has a board member discussing each
On February 7, 1898, French writer Émile Zola was brought to trial for libel in his publication of “J’Accuse” in L’Aurore, a daily, leftist paper in Paris. His indictment of the French military’s treatment of the Drefyus Affair catapulted the anti-Semitic, pro-nationalist conspiracy to international recognition. The sympathetic camp of
NBC’s 2nd season of Who Do You Think You Are? premieres tomorrow night at 8/7c. Following its first season’s coverage of stars such as Brooke Shields, Emmitt Smith, and Sarah Jessica Parker, new episodes will feature new celebrities like Kim Cattrall, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vanessa Williams. The pursuit of personal