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Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I wrote Exquisite Masochism because I noticed striking similarities in the ways sexually aggressive women characters were used in nineteenth century novels and I wanted to know why. Often, we think of the nineteenth...

In the late-1990s, the fourth floor of the Engineering Library at the University of Wisconsin – Madison was filled with hundred-year old trade journals. I was writing a dissertation about the steel industry, but when you first came off the elevator right at...

Thirty-five years ago, Deborah Dash Moore published "At Home in America," her groundbreaking look at how the children of immigrants blended elements of Jewish and American culture into a vibrant urban society. The most recent issue of the journal American...

As a therapist and anger management specialist, I have seen anger, in its many forms, destroy marriages, estrange family members, and derail careers. And all too often, I have observed how such anger hampers our efforts to identify and satisfy our core desires...

For someone who spends much of her time in the eighteenth century, studying men like James Madison and George Washington, the specter of Donald Trump as a standard-bearer for our American Republic is astounding. Sure, the country has convulsed before...

No one wants to hear “I don’t know” anymore. And it’s no wonder, as knowledge seems like only a hop, skip, and a Google search away. Why is the sky blue? I bet Wikipedia knows. What’s the best bar for a first date? There’s an app for that. Who will win the...

The 70th Annual Tony Awards is this Sunday, and if we’re really honest with ourselves, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical is the star attraction this year. Miranda’s cultural powerhouse of a show is nominated for a record-breaking 16 Tonys...

I have been teaching a class called Liberty vs. Security about the politics of speech from Colonial America through the Civil War for a few years. In this class, we talk about when and why American governments have (or attempted) to limit speech, whether these...

Today is World Oceans Day. Hundreds of organizations around the globe are gathering for beach cleanups and education events for a cleaner ocean and a healthier future. In honor of the occasion, we’ve invited Marine Fishes of Florida authors David B. Snyder and...

World Oceans Day is tomorrow, 08 June, but we just can't help ourselves. Check out two of our newest titles that pay homage to ocean life! A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to CaliforniaVal Kells, Luiz A. Rocha, and Larry G. Allen A sequel of sorts...