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Wednesday, December 17—“The best play I’ve seen this season,” says New York Magazine’s Sara Holdren about Liberation, Bess Wohl’s moving exploration of the women’s movement through the story of an Ohio consciousness-raising group in the early 1970s a... more

In 1981, David Bowie and Queen both happened to be in Switzerland: They met and made "Under Pressure." Recorded on a lark, the song broke the path for subsequent pop anthems. In Under Pressure (Duke University Press, 2025), Max Brzezinski tells the c... more

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Bess Wohl
Playwright known for works like Grant Horizons and Small Mouth Sounds, focusing on women's liberation and personal identity.
Episode: Liberation & the Literature of the Women’s Movement with Bess Wohl and Honor Moore
Honor Moore
Award-winning poet and memoirist, co-editor of Library of America volume on Women's Liberation.
Library of America
Episode: Liberation & the Literature of the Women’s Movement with Bess Wohl and Honor Moore
Max Brzezinski
Writer and author of Vinyl Age, A Guide to Record Collecting Now.
Duke University Press
Episode: Max Brzezinski, "Under Pressure: A Song by David Bowie and Queen" (Duke UP, 2025)
Mark Deuze
Professor of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and author of the book
University of Amsterdam
Episode: Mark Deuze, "Well-Being and Creative Careers: What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick" (Intellect Books, 2025)
Stefania Marghitu
Author of Teen TV
Routledge
Episode: Stefania Marghitu, "Teen TV" (Routledge, 2021)
Casey and Tyler
Hosts of the Proofread Podcast
Proofread Podcast
Episode: Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)
Chris Yogerst
Author of The Warner Brothers and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
University Press of Kentucky
Episode: Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)
Lucy Caplan
Author of 'Dreaming in Ensemble, How Black Artists Transformed American Opera'
Harvard University Press
Episode: Lucy Caplan, "Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Song Ying
PhD candidate in sociology focusing on the horse head fiddle and Mongolian identity
Zhejiang University
Episode: Strings of Identity: The Horse-Head Fiddle and Mongolian Identity in China (with Ying Song)

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Liberation & the Literature of the Women’s Movement with Bess Wohl and Honor Moore
Q: What do you hope younger audiences take away from the play?
I hope they feel that ordinary people can change the world and recognize the power of community.
Liberation & the Literature of the Women’s Movement with Bess Wohl and Honor Moore
Q: How did you approach the balance between comedy and emotional depth in your writing?
It's about calibrating the humor within the painful parts of the story, ensuring that audiences are paying attention to both the laughs and the deeper messages.
Liberation & the Literature of the Women’s Movement with Bess Wohl and Honor Moore
Q: What was your inspiration for writing this play?
I wanted to write something about second wave feminism, rooted in my experiences growing up with a mother who worked at Ms. Magazine and my desire to tell a personal story that connects to the larger movement.
Max Brzezinski, "Under Pressure: A Song by David Bowie and Queen" (Duke UP, 2025)
Q: How do those songs each represent a different aspect of the concept of an anthem?
Bowie's 'Heroes' is skeptical and art-focused, whereas Queen's anthems are more about mass appeal and musicality.
Max Brzezinski, "Under Pressure: A Song by David Bowie and Queen" (Duke UP, 2025)
Q: Could you share with us what your book is about?
It's about the song Under Pressure and its historical significance as an anthem, exploring its context within 20th-century music.

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