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Read an Excerpt from “We Are All Whalers” by Michael J. Moore
The North Atlantic right whale is a species so endangered that there are likely more researchers in the world studying them than there are individual
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Read an excerpt from “Being Somebody and Black Besides” by George B. Nesbitt
The late Chicagoan George Nesbitt could perhaps best be described as an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift for storytelling. In his newly
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Ghosts in the MRI, a Guest Post from John Lardas Modern
In Neuromatic: Or, A Particular History of Religion and the Brain, John Lardas Modern offers a powerful and original critique of neurology’s
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Read an Excerpt from “Cooperation Without Submission” by Justin B. Richland
We’re pleased to share a short excerpt from Justin B. Richland’s new book, Cooperation without Submission, which was published this September.
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Three Questions with Robert Cozzolino, Editor of “Supernatural America”
America is haunted, marked by a violent history that is an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation’s heritage. A new exhibition and catalog,
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Read an excerpt from “Bette Davis Black and White” by Julia A. Stern
Bette Davis was not only one of Hollywood’s brightest stars, but also one of its most outspoken advocates on matters of race. In Bette Davis Black
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Five Questions between Michael Frame, author of “Geometry of Grief,” and Barbara J. King
At a moment of profound collective grief, we are all looking for tools that will help us to process and grow from the challenges of our time. Few
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Read an Excerpt from our #ReadUCP Book Club Pick, “Picturing Political Power”
Our #ReadUCP Twitter Book Club Pick for fall is Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement by Allison K. Lange. For as
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Read an Excerpt from “Dogopolis: How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris” by Chris Pearson
This October marks the fortieth anniversary of the American Humane Society’s Adopt-A-Dog Month, a holiday the many canine lovers here at UCP are
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Five Questions with Lawrence Blum and Zoë Burkholder, authors of “Integrations”
The promise of a free, high-quality public education is supposed to guarantee every child a shot at the American dream. But our widely segregated
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Five Questions with Adeline Mueller, author of “Mozart and the Mediation of Childhood”
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) is often remembered as a musical prodigy. While his precocity is taken for granted, he influenced
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Read an Excerpt from “Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII” by Mary Louise Roberts
The month of August marks the anniversaries of some of World War II’s most significant events, such as the Allied liberation of Paris and the
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Read an Excerpt from Jonathan Stevenson’s New Spy Biography “A Drop of Treason: Philip Agee and His Exposure of the CIA”
Philip Agee’s story is the stuff of a John le Carré novel—perilous and thrilling adventures around the globe. In 1975, he became the first
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Four Questions with Anna Lvovsky, Author of “Vice Patrol”
In the mid-twentieth century, gay life flourished in American cities even as the state repression of queer communities reached its peak. In Vice
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9 Questions with Stefan Vogler, author of “Sorting Sexualities”
In his new book, Stefan Vogler deftly unpacks the politics of the techno-legal classification of sexuality in the United States. His study focuses