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Recent Guests

Caroline Bicks
Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine
University of Maine
Episode: Caroline Bicks, "Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King" (Hogarth, 2026)
Rhys Bowen
Author of The Castle in the Glen
Lake Union Publishing/Author
Episode: Rhys Bowen, "The Castle in the Glen" (Lake Union Publishing, 2026)
David W. Congdon
Author; senior editor at the University Press of Kansas; instructor at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
University Press of Kansas; University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Episode: David W. Congdon, "Who is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Sarah Ellen Zarrow
Historian of Eastern European Jewry; Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College and CUNY
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Episode: Sarah Ellen Zarrow, "Displays of Belonging: Polish Jewish Collecting and Museums, 1891–1941" (Cornell UP, 2025.)
Ellery Foutch
Author of A Perfectionist Impulse, The Art of Stopping Time in the Nineteenth Century
Episode: Ellery E. Foutch, "A Perfectionist Impulse: The Art of Stopping Time in the Nineteenth Century (U Minnesota Press, 2026)
Daniel Byman
Author of American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America
Georgetown University
Episode: Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Lauren Delapenha
Poet and English teacher
The Common Magazine
Episode: Lauren Delapenha, "Supermarketing" (Spring, 2026)
Yulia Gradskova
Historian; co-author; CEU Press author
CEU Press book project
Episode: Yulia Gradskova et al., "Good Mothers, Nations and Nationalisms: Cases from Lithuania, Russia and Sweden" (CEU Press, 2026)
Ieva Bisigirskaitė
Gender and Eastern European Scholar; co-author
Vilnius University; CEU Press book project
Episode: Yulia Gradskova et al., "Good Mothers, Nations and Nationalisms: Cases from Lithuania, Russia and Sweden" (CEU Press, 2026)

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Rebecca Buchanan
Host at New Books Network; frequent interview facilitator

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    Dr. Raymond Williams did an excellent interview with author Sharron Wilkins Conrad!

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  • Shrill

    The lady’s voice is so sharp, it’s painful to listen to. Sorry.

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  • Radioactive Dixie episode….

    A very prejudiced and loaded episode. Why would living near a nuclear power station will affect your life significantly? It wouldn’t. Have either of you visited one? Author or interviewer?

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  • Important historical analyses

    Lisa Silverman is an historian whose books I want to explore, based on this interview. I’m not an academically-trained historian, but read and study a lot, especially from the first half of the twentieth century. Thank you for giving her the platform for explaining her ideas. I’m embarking on post-WWII histories now, and my reading list is enhanced.

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Rhys Bowen, "The Castle in the Glen" (Lake Union Publishing, 2026)
Q: How does Emma's experience on Skye shape the tension of the novel?
Skye provides a perfect backdrop of beauty and danger that mirrors Emma's internal conflict and the mystery's escalating stakes, especially as she encounters real people connected to the past Iris writes about.
Rhys Bowen, "The Castle in the Glen" (Lake Union Publishing, 2026)
Q: Why did you decide to start the novel with Iris Blackburn's The Wild Girl and the 1932 thread?
I wanted the wild girl motif to permeate the whole book and to give the present-day events a mystical quality from the outset, while also establishing the literary meta-fiction element that drives Emma's journey.
Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: Could you discuss the relationship between governing authorities and violence, especially local actors versus federal responses?
We discuss how local authorities often participated or stood by while violence occurred, and how federal responses varied, with periods of inaction or limited intervention shaping long-term political trajectories.
Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: Catholics faced significant anti-Catholic bias in the early Republic and beyond; how did that shape violence and political alignments?
The conversation covers anti-Catholic laws, nativist politics like the Know Nothing Party, and the complex shifts in voting rights and civil participation that accompanied immigrant Catholic communities.
Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: Much of the discussion turns to Mormonism and how Mormons were perceived in 19th-century America—what led to the violent attacks on them and their broader role?
He outlines how religious difference, fears of political power, and militant community responses created hostile environments for Mormons, including disputes over settlement areas and clashes with local authorities and neighbors.

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