Band People, an Annotated Playlist
September 10, 2024
This annotated playlist, created by author and musician Franz Nicolay, dissects some songs that make appearances in his new book Band People, which looks at the lives of musicians who… READ MORE
Category: Commentary
Douglas Haynes on Surviving Disasters
September 15, 2022
Five years after my book Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters was published, I wish I could say that it’s less relevant now…. READ MORE
Andrew Smith on the 25th Anniversary of George Foreman’s Historic Heavyweight Title
November 5, 2019
Olympic gold medalist. Two-time world heavyweight champion. Hall of Famer. Infomercial and reality TV star. George Foreman’s fighting ability is matched only by his acumen for selling. Yet the complete… READ MORE
The Case Against Deporting 200,000 Salvadorans
January 17, 2018
By Erik Ching The United States’s decision to revoke TPS (Temporary Protected Status) from some 200,000 Salvadorans living in the United States is morally repugnant. The gap between moral accountability… READ MORE
Birding and Writing with Victor Emanuel
May 31, 2017
This week, Travis Audubon is sponsoring an exclusive book launch for Victor Emanuel’s new book One More Warbler: A Life with Birds, in partnership with the University of Texas Press. Victor, the founder… READ MORE
Author David Greven’s Must Watch Hitchcock
May 15, 2013
With the new series Bates Motel airing on A&E this spring, Hitchcock’s seminal film Psycho is re-emerging in popular culture. The show follows a young Norman Bates and his mother in a ‘contemporary prequel’… READ MORE
