Startling statistics from a study done by the University of Memphis and USA Swimming have been reported: about 68.9 percent of African American children are unable to adequately swim, compared to 40 percent of white children with low swimming skills. While the disproportionate rates of swimming skills can be traced to early 20th-century segregation, the [...] Read more »
Archive of posts filed under the Interviews category.
Racial Disparities in Swimming Rates: History Informs the Present
Posted by Alyssa on 20 July 2010, 4:16 pm
Filed under American History, American Studies, Civil Rights, Interviews.
Tagged Contested Waters, Interview, jeff wiltse, jim crow, segregation, swimming pools
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Interview: Meet Foy Edelman…and other cooks from across North Carolina
Posted by Alyssa on 15 July 2010, 12:44 pm
Whether you have a sweet tooth or a mouth full of sweet teeth, Foy Edelman has a recipe to satisfy that guilty pleasure. With more than 220 recipes in Sweet Carolina, the native North Carolinian offers a wide variety of goodies from kitchens all across the state. You can meet the contributing cooks and listen [...] Read more »
Filed under Cooking / Food, Interviews, North Carolina, Recipes, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged dessert recipes, Foy Allen Edelman, north carolina cookbooks
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Interview: Gray Whaley
Posted by Ellen on 23 June 2010, 2:36 pm
Gray Whaley’s new book, Oregon and the Collapse of Illahee: U.S. Empire and the Transformation of an Indigenous World, 1792-1859 is part of UNC Press’s collaborative series with three other presses, First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. In an interview with the author, the First Peoples blog begins: The mainstream narrative of the founding [...] Read more »
Interview: Judith Walzer Leavitt
Posted by Alyssa on 17 June 2010, 11:00 am
This weekend is Father’s Day (hope you didn’t forget!) and in honor of pops and grandpas everywhere, we have an interview with Judith Walzer Leavitt, author of Make Room for Daddy. Drawing from letters, journals and interviews with fathers, Leavitt investigates how the role of the father changed from the 1940s to the 1980s. Once [...] Read more »
Filed under Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, Interviews, TSoT, UNC Press Authors, Women's Studies.
Tagged childbirth, father's day, fathers, gender history, gender norms, Judith Leavitt, make room for daddy, maternity, mothers
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Discover the History of Jewish Life in North Carolina – in print, on screen, in person
Posted by Alyssa on 15 June 2010, 2:36 pm
Leonard Rogoff, author of Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina, will be reading from and signing his book tonight at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh starting at 7:30 pm. Rogoff, a historian for the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina and president of the Southern Jewish Historical Society, writes about the life of Jewish [...] Read more »
Filed under American History, Events, Interviews, Jewish Studies, North Carolina, Religion, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged book signing, event, exhibit, History, Jewish Heritage Foundation, jewish life, jewish life in north carolina, JHFNC, Jim Hunt, leonard rogoff, minorities, North Carolina
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Gooooooooal!
Posted by Alyssa on 11 June 2010, 12:25 pm
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is upon us! The frenzied fans are coming out from every nook and cranny to cheer on their teams, painted head to toe in team colors and fervently waving flags. An event that only occurs once every four years, this year’s tournament is hosting 32 teams in South Africa and, [...] Read more »
Filed under Health / Medicine, Interviews, Reference, Sports, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged Fitness, football, Kirkendall, Soccer, Sports, William E Garrett, World Cup
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Reality Radio: the song!
Posted by Ellen on 23 March 2010, 1:24 pm
Over the last few decades, the radio documentary has developed into a strikingly vibrant form of creative expression. Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound celebrates today’s best audio documentary work by bringing together some of the most influential and innovative practitioners from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. In these 19 essays, documentary [...] Read more »
Filed under Interviews, Media Studies, Music, Podcasts, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged abraham levitan, alan hall, alexa dilworth, baby teeth, chris brookes, damali ayo, dmae roberts, emily botein, gwen macsai, ira glass, jad abumrad, jay allison, joe richman, john biewen, karen michel, katie davis, lena eckert-erdheim, maria martin, natalie kestcher, NPR, radio documentary, radio producer, reality radio, rick moody, sandy tolan, scott carrier, sherre delys, sound engineer, stephen smith, the kitchen sisters, third coast filmless festival
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Louisa May Alcott and the Godmother of Punk
Posted by Ellen on 9 March 2010, 10:52 am
We love it when new UNC Press books seem to be in conversation with other books of the moment. Take Patti Smith’s acclaimed new memoir, Just Kids (HarperCollins 2010), which offers an inside look at the punk pioneer’s artistic influences and collaborations, including Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bruce Springsteen, Sam Shepard, and Fred “Sonic” Smith–all [...] Read more »
Filed under American History, American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Interviews, Music, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
Tagged ann petry, barbara sicherman, books, bruce springsteen, cynthia ozick, fred sonic smith, jo march, little women, louisa may alcott, patti smith, reading, robert mapplethorpe, sam shepard, simone de beauvoir
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One Fantastic Ride: An Interview with Adam Lucas
Posted by matt on 10 February 2010, 4:02 pm
It’s a big night for sports fans in Chapel Hill–the Tar Heel basketball team, rebuilding after winning their fifth NCAA championship last year, is hosting that other blue team in the state: Duke, owners of a paltry three national championships. Historically, the Heels have a 130-97 lead in the series and have won the previous [...] Read more »
Filed under Interviews, North Carolina, Religion, Sports, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged Adam Lucas, basketball, Blue Devils, Carolina Basketball, Chapel Hill, Duke, Mark Simpson-Vos, One Fantastic Ride, Tar Heels, Ty Lawson, Tyler Hansbrough, unc, Wayne Ellington
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Pouring Tea: The Fall 2009 Tour Begins
Posted by Tom on 23 September 2009, 10:13 am
I know we’re not supposed to have favorite authors here at the Press, but since I live in the IT World and rarely interact with our authors, I’ll provide myself with something of an exemption. Last September I wrote about E. Patrick Johnson’s newly released book, titled Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South. [...] Read more »
Judith Walzer Leavitt on The State of Things today
Posted by admin on 17 June 2009, 8:28 am
Judith Walzer Leavitt, who guest blogged for us yesterday, will be appearing on WUNC’s The State of Things today with Frank Stasio, discussing the evolving role of fathers in the childbirth process. The show starts at noon (eastern) and Judy’s segment will begin around 12:40. You can listen to the show online or download a [...] Read more »
I would do aaaanything for you
Posted by admin on 15 May 2009, 2:07 pm
. . . but I won’t do that. So, maybe (?) you’ve never greeted your spouse at the door wearing nothing but Saran Wrap. But what would you do if you thought it would help your relationship? What would you expect your partner to do to keep you around? Kristin Celello, author of Making Marriage [...] Read more »
Authors speak: interviews, op-eds, and more
Posted by admin on 6 May 2009, 4:10 pm
We’ve got several authors out there making appearances online in various forms. If you’ve missed some of the live appearances in this busy spring, take a moment to follow-up virtually. In history… Russell McClintock, author of Lincoln and the Decision for War, was interviewed recently by Michael Noirot over at This Mighty Scourge. An excerpt [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Civil War, Cuba, Current Events, History, Interviews, Islamic Studies, Latin American/Caribbean Hist., Middle Eastern Studies, Native American Studies, Politics, Religion, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged amy wood, cocaine, gary bunt, islam, louis perez, lynching, michael noirot, native american religion, paul gootenberg, paul harvey, russell mcclintock, tisa wenger, us-cuba policy
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Robert McElvaine on The News Hour: reconsidering consumption
Posted by admin on 31 March 2009, 12:07 pm
I’ve posted a couple of items recently (here and here) about the renewed relevance in these painful economic times of Robert McElvaine’s classic collection of letters written to FDR, Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man. On Friday, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer aired a wonderful segment featuring McElvaine [...] Read more »
Places to go, people to see
Posted by admin on 11 March 2009, 11:50 am
The sun is just starting to break through the morning cloud cover on this warm spring day. Last day of sunshine before we roll into a week of rain here in the Triangle, say the weather forecasters, so let’s make the most of it! In the next few days, there will be several opportunities to [...]
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil War, Cooking / Food, Current Events, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, History, Interviews, Local Indy Booksellers, Military History, Military Studies, North Carolina, Podcasts, Southern Studies, The Book Biz, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
Tagged bbq, booksin140, civil war, dale volberg reed, E. Patrick Johnson, erin balser, gay agenda, jennifer ritterhouse, jim crow, john shelton reed, joshua howard, lawrence babits, library scent, nancy carter crump, nina silber, nortin hadler, race, regulator bookshop, revolutionary war
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