UC Press Blog

Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?

Author Julia Alekseyeva discusses what lessons antifascist avanat-garde documentaries from the 1960s hold for our current political moment.

Masha Salazkina, author of "Romancing Yesenia" and "World Socialist Cinema" discusses how the 70's Mexican melodrama "Yesenia" became the highest grossing movie in the history of Soviet film exhibition—and what we can learn by studying popular culture on a global scale.

Author Sayd Randle discusses their new book "Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles"

Yiman Wang, author of "To Be an Actress," talks about the enduring legacy of actress Anna May Wong

Author Nicole Karlis discusses her new book "Your Brain on Altruism," and how together we can build a culture of kindness.

Author Kevin Lewis O'Neill discusses his new book "Unforgivable," the first book to expose how the Catholic Church systematically covers up scandal by moving abusers across borders.

Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and Deborah Cullen-Morales discuss their book “A Handbook of Latinx Art," a curated selection of key texts and artists’ voices exploring US Latinx art and art history from the 1960s to the present.

Author Ruth E. Iskin discusses her new book "Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York," how she became interested in the iconic artist, and what remains timely about Cassatt's work.