Interviews
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
Beneath the Byline: An interview with Grace Mackey
An interview with Editorial Assistant Grace Mackey, about a new series she is launching for us, “Beneath the Byline.”
Interview with David Morton, author of “Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry”
An interview with David Morton, author of Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry (University Press of Florida, 2024)
Interview with Robert Darnton (Repost)
An interview with Robert Darnton, premier cultural historian and most recently author of The Writer’s Lot (Harvard University Press, 2025). The Writer’s Lot is set to be his final book. [This interview is a repost.]
Book Club: “Joy in the Morning” by PG Wodehouse
We’re doing a Book Club! Spend six weeks reading Joy in the Morning by PG Wodehouse with us!
Interview with poet Richie Hofmann, 2025 Guggenheim Fellow
Interview with Richie Hofmann, poet and 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. He is also the recipient of a 2025 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He is the author of A Hundred Lovers (2022) and Second Empire (2015), and his work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker and The Paris Review. He currently teaches in the Humanities Core at the University of Chicago.
Interview with Mike Stark, author of “Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” (University of Nebraska Press, 2025)
Interview with Mike Stark, author of Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird (University of Nebraska Press, 2025)
Interview with Stephanie Pridgeon, author of “Absorption Narratives: Jewishness, Blackness, and Indigeneity in the Cultural Imaginary of the Americas”
An interview with Stephanie Pridgeon, author of Absorption Narratives: Jewishness, Blackness, and Indigeneity in the Cultural Imaginary of the Americas (University of Toronto Press, 2025).
Interview with Christopher Meindl, author of “Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration”
Interview with Christopher Meindl, PhD, author of Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration (University Press of Florida, 2024)
Interview with Dan Reiter, author of “On a Rising Swell”
Dan Reiter is a “surfer, author, and general contractor.” His writing has appeared in Surfer’s Journal, The Kenyon Review, and McSweeney’s, among other places. His new book, On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from Florida’s Space Coast was published by University Press of Florida in April 2025.
Interview with historian Richard Overy, author of “Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan”
Richard Overy is a premier historian of the Second World War and the Third Reich. He has written over twenty-five books, most recently Why War? (2024) and Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan (2025).
Interview with Stephen West of “Philosophize This!”
Interview with Stephen West, host of the podcast Philosophize This!
We Have a Substack: Won’t You Sign Up?
What is Substack? Why should you sign up for ours? What’s in it for you?
Interview with Olivia Taylor, author of “Welcome to the Paradise Motel”
Interview with Olivia Taylor, author of Welcome to the Paradise Motel (Apprentice House Press, 2025)
Interview with Michael Kosta, author of “Lucky Loser”
Interview with Michael Kosta, author of Lucky Loser: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy (Harper, 2025)