Interviews
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).
Interview with photographer Ed Kashi about his new book, “A Period in Time”
Ed Kashi is an American photojournalist who has been covering important world events for over forty years and has published multiple books of his photography. His most recent book is A Period in Time: Looking Back While Moving Forward, 1977-2022 (University of Texas Press, 2025).
Interview with Geoffrey Ward (Repost)
Interview with Geoffrey Ward, historian and writer of scripts for Ken Burns. Author of The American Revolution (Knopf, 2025), The Vietnam War: An Intimate History (Knopf, 2017), The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Knopf, 2014), and others. Script writer of The Civil War, Baseball, The West, Jazz, and more.
Interview with Gregory Enns, author of “Cow Creek Chronicles: The Rise and Fall of an Early Florida Cattle Ranch”
Gregory Enns is a fifth-generation Floridian who has been a reporter and editor in Florida and Alabama for decades. He is the founder and owner of Indian River Media Group, which includes Indian River Magazine. He has a new book out with the University Press of Florida: Cow Creek Chronicles: The Rise and Fall of an Early Florida Cattle Ranch. We interviewed Enns about that book and Florida history.
Interview with Jason Vuic, author of “A Town Without Pity”
Jason Vuic’s new book is A Town Without Pity: AIDS, Race, and Resistance in Florida’s Deep South (University Press of Florida, 2025). It comes out 10/21/25, so we chatted with him about the story of Arcadia, FL, in the year 1987, and many other things Florida-related.
Interview with Aaron Gwyn, author of “The Cannibal Owl”
Aaron Gwyn is an author of several books, most recently The Cannibal Owl (Belle Point Press, 2025).
Interview with Peter Fritzsche, author of “1942”
An interview with historian Peter Fritzsche about his new book, 1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe (Basic Books, 2025)
An interview with Joshua Hammer, author of “The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing”
An interview with Joshua Hammer, author of The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, A Soldier a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Language (Simon & Schuster, 2025)
Interview with Andy Huse, author of “From Saloons to Steakhouses: A History of Tampa” (Repost)
Interview with Andy Huse, author of From Saloons to Steakhouses: A History of Tampa (University Press of Florida, 2024)
An interview with historian Jeffrey Lesser
An interview with historian Jeffrey Lesser about his new book, Living and Dying in São Paulo: Immigrants, Health, and the Built Environment in Brazil (Duke University Press, 2025).
Beneath the Byline: An interview with journalist Lee Pitts
Grace Mackey interviews journalist Lee Pitts