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03
Mar

Secrets of Successful Women Coaches

Michael A. Messner is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California and the author of several books including Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports. His latest …

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02
Mar

Speaking of Jews

Lila Corwin Berman is Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies and Mal and Lea Bank Early Career Professor in Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is also the author of …

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27
Feb

Field Days in Sonoma County

By Jonah Raskin Jonah Raskin is Professor of Communication Studies at Sonoma State University and the author of The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution, American Scream: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” …

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24
Feb

Wallace Stegner’s Complaint

Philip L. Fradkin is the author of eleven highly praised books, including A River No More and The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906. He was the first western editor of Audubon …

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23
Feb

Ice Cream During the Depression

Jeri Quinzio is the author of “Ice Cream: The Ultimate Cold Comfort” and a contributor to the ice cream entry in “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America”. She has …

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20
Feb

Inspiring Dignity and Defiance

In early February, Jim Shultz and Melissa Crane Draper, coeditors of Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia’s Challenge to Globalization and directors of the Democracy Center, embarked on a month-long, coast-to-coast book …

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18
Feb

Q&A with author, Lawrence Weschler

On Tuesday, February 17, 2009, Kenneth Baker, a San Francisco Chronicle Art Critic, did a question and answer session with UC Press author, Lawrence Weschler. Below, is a re-posting of the session. …

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