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New Books in the American South

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Dr. Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel’s Seeking Freedom in Indian Country: Slavery, Sovereignty, and Resistance within the Five Tribes, 1790–1861 (LSU Press, 2026) is the first comprehensive study of African chattel

slavery within the Five Tribes: the Chero... more

Some of the earliest canals in colonial America, referred to as the Inner Passage, were constructed by enslaved people living in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in the early 1700s. In a paradox of history, for over a hundred years enslaved Black ... more

In Oklahoma, one out of every six residents is poor. One in five children lives in poverty and faces food insecurity. In Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity (U Oklahoma Press, 2026), native son and sociologist Robert Lee Maril... more

The rise of “heritage” foods—that is, the reinvention of traditional

foods—has enjoyed a high profile thanks to the oft-praised efforts of

chefs such as Sean Brock and René Redzepi. But Lily Kelting observes the

popularity of heritage foods as som... more

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Recent Guests

Robert Lee Maril
Author of Hungry Oklahoma, Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity
Oklahoma State University (formerly), Author
Episode: Robert Lee Maril, "Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity" (U Oklahoma Press, 2026)
Lily Kelting
Author of Against Heritage: The Reinvention of Traditional Foods
William University, Pune, India
Episode: Lily Kelting, "Against Heritage: The Reinvention of Traditional Foods" (UNC Press, 2026)
Angela Frederick
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Texas at El Paso
Episode: Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)
Gregg Andrews
Author of Shoe Workers in Hannibal, Missouri
LSU Press (author)
Episode: Gregg Andrews, "Shoe Workers in Hannibal, Missouri: The Rise and Fall of Manufacturing in America’s Hometown, 1890–1970" (LSU Press, 2026)
Muhammad Fraser-Rahim
Editor of Gullah-Geechee Diasporas; Associate Professor of Intelligence and Security Studies at The Citadel
The Citadel
Episode: Gullah-Geechee Diasporas: Knowledge, Culture, and Black Lowcountry Legacies
Elizabeth J. West
Editor of Gullah-Geechee Diasporas; Professor of English at Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Episode: Gullah-Geechee Diasporas: Knowledge, Culture, and Black Lowcountry Legacies
Daniel Rood
Associate Professor at University of Georgia
University of Georgia
Episode: Daniel Rood, "In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America" (Norton, 2026)
Rachel Canter
Director of Education Policy at PPI
Progressive Policy Institute
Episode: Inside the Mississippi Marathon: How Mississippi Dramatically Improved Its Education System with Rachel Canter
Sarah McNamara
Author of Ybor City Crucible of the Latina South (UNC Press, 2023)
Texas A&M University
Episode: Sarah McNamara, "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South" (UNC Press, 2023)

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Caleb Zakarin
Host with focus on interviewing scholars and authors in the New Books Network ecosystem; involved in history-focused programming.
Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host and scholar-ally engaging with guests on historical topics, often guiding conversations around primary sources and scholarly context.
Sullivan Summer
Host affiliated with New Books Network and related series; regularly hosts episodes with authors.
Amisah Bakuri
Host of the New Books Network interview series; involved in scholarly conversations.

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Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)
Q: Can you share a striking example from your interviews about power dependence and how families managed during outages?
One case involved a woman dependent on a ventilator whose battery was nearly exhausted; her husband had to risk the cold to start a generator, illustrating the life‑critical stakes for power-dependent individuals.
Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)
Q: What policy factors most significantly contributed to the disaster's impact on disabled communities?
Three decades of deregulation, lax winterization, and a move from capacity to scarcity markets weakened resilience, making it easier for a crisis to cascade rather than be contained.
Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)
Q: Why did you choose to study people with disabilities during disasters and what drew you to Winter Storm Uri as a focus?
I'm a disability scholar and a disabled person myself, and I saw a through line where disability shaped who survived and how, especially in a disaster where policy and politics played a central role; Uri provided a critical case to explore these dynamics.
Inside the Mississippi Marathon: How Mississippi Dramatically Improved Its Education System with Rachel Canter
Q: What role did data and transparency play in the turnaround?
Data transparency was central: shifting from opaque labels to clear measures, using annual assessments and three-times-a-year screeners, communicating results to parents, and continuously monitoring progress to adjust interventions as needed.
Inside the Mississippi Marathon: How Mississippi Dramatically Improved Its Education System with Rachel Canter
Q: How did they handle the political environment to maintain progress across parties?
By maintaining a nonpartisan focus on children's outcomes, engaging a broad coalition of lawmakers from both parties, and emphasizing scalable, evidence-based policies rather than political wins, which helped sustain reforms even as political majorities shifted.

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Across recent episodes, deep-dive conversations with historians, scholars, and authors illuminate how race, memory, and public culture intersect with American South history. Guests cover topics from Jefferson's treatment of race and the founding era to Civil Rights struggles in the Jim Crow South, Southern foodways and market systems, and labor history. The discussions frequently connect archival research to contemporary debates on DEI, public memory, and policy implications, often reframing established narratives by foregrounding underrepresented communities, regional networks, and everyday life. The show stands out for its rigorous, source-driven interviews with academics and authors who are actively publishing new scholarship in real tim... more

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