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Joining us this episode is Dr. Wendy Doniger. Dr. Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, Emerita. She is the author of over forty books, including The Hindus: An Alternative...

Our guest this month is Dr. Freeden Blume Oeur, associate professor of sociology and education at Tufts University and author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools from University of Minnesota Press. Dr. Blume Oeur...

On this episode, we are joined by Deborah Stevenson, Editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books provides concise summaries and critical evaluations of current children's books. This invaluable...

Paige Gray joins us to discuss her research examining "The Defender Junior", a children's section that ran in the early 20th century in the widely circulated and influential African American newspaper The Chicago Defender. Her paper, "Join the Club: African...

Philip Nel knows first-hand about refugees and diaspora. His parents emigrated to the United States, and he has relatives living in five countries spread over four continents. But he knows the negatives of this experience - he probably would not have been born...

After several years away, Julie Pfeiffer has returned to serve as editor of the annual journal Children's Literature. She joined us to talk about trends in the field and what to expect over the next few years from the journal.