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"The American Yawp makes it possible for undergraduates to access the best, most recent, and most expansive range of scholarly work currently available. It breaks down boundaries of geography and allows college students to get a real sense of the intellectual cutting-edge. The Yawp is a real contribution." - Hasia Diner, New York University
"Amidst a sea of scholars focused on finding reproducible rules for organizing success, Adams keeps his sights on the core political questions that matter: How democratic is activism? And what does it hail for the consensus goals of majority rule and citizen engagement? The answer is that activism and majority rule sit in conflict. It's not the conclusion we want, but it's the insight we need to figure out what comes next." - Marc Doussard, coauthor of Justice at Work: The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities.
"This provocative book focuses upon on vigilance committees in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England to provide historical confirmation of some parts of Underground Railroad myths and to bust open others. . . . This energetically argued, copiously documented book does a great service to the study of abolition by showing how thought and action originating far outside the formal political sphere propelled a nation toward an emancipatory crisis." - Journal of American History Finalist for the Harriet Tubman Prize.
"Much remains unwritten about the Boston Red Sox and busing. Few are willing to confront the controversies from the late 1960s and 1970s to now. David Faflik courageously addresses that period. As a college professor, he wrote his book with the hope that society learns from its past to build a better future—a lesson we should all learn."—Bay State Banner
an award-winning true crime podcast meets bluegrass musical about the Lizzie Borden case. Following a smash-hit run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and ahead of an international tour to Canada, Bury The Hatchet will be coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough (August 12 - Sept 5).
Marianne Moore: An International Conference, 15-17 April 2027, University of Cambridge Call for papers deadline: 1 September 2026 Exactly 100 years after Moore herself visited Cambridge, the purpose of the conference is to bring together an international and various group of readers with a strong predilection for thinking and writing about poetry, and put them to work newly and again on this singular, difficult, and discriminating poet. The schedule will take shape around readings between Marianne Moore and other writers. Send proposals for 15-20 minute papers to
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