St. Louis and the Picture of Dorian Gray
05/30/2008
Here’s one local reaction to Colin Gordon’s Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City. "Mr. Gordon literally gives us a bird’s eye view of the worst… READ MORE
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Podcast Interview with Colin Gordon
05/09/2008
Marshall Poe interviewed Colin Gordon, author of Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City, for the New Books in History blog. An audio file of this… READ MORE
Negro League Baseball–Now in Paperback
05/01/2008
Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution Neil Lanctot 512 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 31 illus. Cloth 2004 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3807-5 |… READ MORE
Blum Lecture Available Online
04/09/2008
In a post titled "Du Bois in the Lone Star State 2.0", The Bald Blogger has made a recent lecture by Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du… READ MORE
A Newsweek Web Exclusive with Edward J. Blum
03/20/2008
A recent Newsweek Web article opens with the following line: As Sen. Barack Obama deals with the fallout of controversial remarks by his pastor, a noted historian explains how the… READ MORE
Edward J. Blum puts Jeremiah Wright’s Rhetoric in Context
03/18/2008
In an HNN.us commentary, “God Damn America” in Black and White, Penn Press author and historian Edward J. Blum places the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s controversial oratory in the historical context… READ MORE
Jarrett Describes the 19th Century “New Negro”
02/21/2008
Boston University’s BU Today asked Penn Press author Gene Andrew Jarrett to describe the post Civil War ideal of the "new Negro." Jarrett explains: The “new Negro” was a concept… READ MORE
Ad Age Reviews Madison Avenue and the Color Line
02/15/2008
A review of Jason Chambers’s Madison Avenue and the Color Line appears in this week’s The Big Tent section of Advertising Age. "The book offers perspective for those entering the… READ MORE
Love and Baseball
02/14/2008
This Valentine’s Day, the hearts of devoted Phillies fans are hovering somewhere over Clearwater, Florida, where spring training begins for Phils pitchers and catchers. The local blog, High Cheese reports… READ MORE
Blum’s Tours Campuses to Discuss Du Bois
02/06/2008
This month, Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet, will visit campuses across the country to discuss the legacy of the renown scholar and activist…. READ MORE
