Interviews
Interview with Hilary Flower, author of “The Kite and the Snail”
An interview with Hilary Flower, author of The Kite and the Snail: An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World (University Press of Florida, 2026)
Interview with Kelly Ritter, author of “From Liberation to Remediation”
Kelly Ritter is the author of From Liberation to Remediation: The Rhetoric of General Education (Utah State University Press, 2026).
Interview with Douglas Cole, author of “Drifter”
An interview with Douglas Cole, author of a new poetry collection called Drifter (Finishing Line Press, 2025). Douglas Cole has published eight poetry collections, including The Cabin at the End of the World, winner of the Best Book Award in Urban Poetry and the International Impact Book Award. His novel, The White Field, won the American Fiction Award.
Interview with Thomas Hallock, author of “The Epic of Florida”
An interview with Thomas Hallock, author of The Epic of Florida: Selected Poems by Juan de Castellanos, Bartolomé de Flores, and Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo (Penn State University Press, 2026)
Beneath the Byline: Interview with Jenny Rough
Grace Mackey interviews journalist Jenny Rough.
Newbery and Now: Interview with Daniel Nayeri
Newbery and Now: Interview with Daniel Nayeri, author of The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story (Levine Querido, 2025)
Interview with W. Puck Brecher, author of “Loving and Loathing Wildlife in Japan”
An interview with W. Puck Brecher, author of Loving and Loathing Wildlife in Japan: Four Animal Conservation Paradigms (University of Hawaii Press, 2025).
Interview with Bette A. of “Slow Stories”
An interview with Bette A., author and collaborator with Brian Eno on Slow Stories, a unique multi-media project (unnamed press, 2026).
Interview with Alex Sosler, author/editor of “Hip Hop Theology: Only the Lover Raps”
Interview with Alex Sosler, author/co-editor of Hip Hop Theology: Only the Lover Raps (Wipf and Stock, 2026)
Interview with Seth Wieck, author of “Call Out Coyote”
An interview with Seth Wieck, author of Call Out Coyote (Wiseblood Books, 2026)
Interview with Sean Byrnes, author of “The United States and the Ends of Empire: Decolonization, Hierarchy, and World Order since 1776”
An interview with Sean Byrnes, author of The United States and the Ends of Empire: Decolonization, Hierarchy, and World Order since 1776 (Bloomsbury, 2026).
Interview with Austin McCoy, author of “Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age”
An interview with Austin McCoy, author of the new book Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made (Simon & Schuster, 2026).
An interview with Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón
Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón is an author, translator, professor, and editor based in Oberlin, Ohio. His most recent books are the novel Los días laborales (Business Days), the academic work México, Interrupted: Labor, Idleness, and the Economic Imaginary of Independence, and the Spanish translation of Yvonne Weekes's Volcán, Memoria de Montserrat. And in 2025, he served as a judge for the National Book Award.
Beneath the Byline: Interview with Max Chesnes
Beneath the Byline: an interview with journalist Max Chesnes
Interview with Anne Garland Mahler, author of “A Wide Net of Solidarity: Antiracism and Anti-imperialism from the Americas to the Globe”
Anne Garland Mahler is an associate professor at the University of Virginia. Her new book is A Wide Net of Solidarity: Antiracism and Anti-imperialism from the Americas to the Globe (Duke University Press, 2025).
Interview with Victor Deupi, author of “Rada Photography: Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean” (Repost)
We interviewed architectural historian Victor Deupi about his forthcoming book, Rada Photography: Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean (University Press of Florida, 2026). It comes out on January 13, 2026.
Interview with Nadya Williams, author of “Christians Reading Classics”
An interview with classicist, historian, and author Nadya Williams about her newest book Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius (Zondervan, 2025).
Interview with Elisa Turner, author of “Miami’s Art Boom”
An interview with award-winning art critic and journalist Elisa Turner about her new book, Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence (University Press of Florida, 2025)
Interview with Scott D. Seligman, author of “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906”
We interviewed Scott D. Seligman about his new book, The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools (Potomac Books, 2025).
Interview with Victor Deupi, author of “Rada Photography: Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean”
We interviewed architectural historian Victor Deupi about his forthcoming book, Rada Photography: Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean (University Press of Florida, 2026).