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Speaking of Books...
Conversations with Campus Authors
Welcome to the homepage for Speaking of Books... Conversations with Campus Authors. This series of author talks and signings was begun in 2005 by the University of Maryland Libraries' Humanities Librarians to highlight new and interesting research by faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities. In 2007-2008, the series was expanded to include faculty members from all schools and colleges at the University of Maryland.
These free events are open to all members of the campus community and the general public. Each author will answer questions following his or her talk and sign books, which will be available for purchase. Refreshments will be served.
If you would like more information about this series or individual events, please contact Tim Hackman at thackman@umd.edu or 301-314-8521.
Upcoming Author Conversations
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Speaking of Books has concluded the 2011-2012 season. Check back soon for information about our 2012-2013 speakers!
Past Author Conversations
SPRING 2012
Dr. Heather S. Nathans, Professor and Associate Director, Theatre. Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861: Lifting the Veil of Black (Cambridge UP, 2009)
Read a review of the book from the blog, Adventures in Theatre Historiography, or from TheaterForschung Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Carla Peterson, Professor, English. Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City (Yale UP, 2011)
Watch a video of Dr. Peterson talking about Black Gotham at the Library of Congress, April 14, 2011 Read Dr. Peterson's answers to reader questions from the New York Times' "Taking Questions" series Visit the website for the Black Gotham Archive Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Jonathan Auerbach, Professor, English. Dark Borders: Film Noir and American Citizenship (Duke UP, 2011)
Read a review of the book from the website, Screening the Past Read a review of the book from Choice Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. James Gimpel, Professor, Government & Politics. Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the Real America (Gotham, 2010)
Read Dr. Gimpel's posts from the Patchwork Nation Blog Read discussions with Dr. Gimpel in the Politico.com Arena. Read essays and watch videos by Dr. Gimpel from the Center for Immigration Studies Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Frances Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics. Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate (University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Dr. Lee's book won the APSA's Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize for the best book in legislative studies in 2010. See the list of past Fenno Prize winners Read discussions with Dr. Lee in the Politico.com Arena Read the coverage of Dr. Lee's talk in the Diamondback (UM student newspaper) Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Lucinda Fleeson, Director, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Phillip Merrill College of Journalism. Waking Up in Eden: In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island (Algonquin Books, 2009)
Read excerpts of reviews. Hear Lucinda Fleeson read an excerpt from The Outermost House, by Henry Beston, as part of the NPR series, You Must Read This Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History.
The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations (Penguin, 2010)
Read a review of the book from Slate.com Read a review of the book from The New York Times Read the transcript of an interview with Dr. Berlin from the PBS program Race: The Power of an Illusion, or listen to an interview with Dr. Berlin conducted by the UM News Desk Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Hugo Keesing, former Professor, American Studies. Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961-2008 (Bear Family Records, 2010)
Listen to a story about the box set, including an interview with Dr. Keesing, from National Public Radio's All Things Considered Read an extended interview with Dr. Keesing in Performance!, the newsletter of the Society of American Archivists' Performing Arts Roundtable
Read an article about Dr. Keesing's talk in The Diamondback (UM student newspaper) Visit the Facebook page for Next Stop Is Vietnam, where you will find links to other reviews and news stories about the box set Find the box set in the UM Libraries Purchase the box set from Amazon.com
Dr. Sahar Mohamed Khamis, Assistant Professor, Communication. Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
Read a review of the book from The Ambassadors Online Magazine Read a summary of the book written by Dr. Khamis and Dr. el-Nawawy, from Islamopedia Online, "Your guide to Islamic law and politics" Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Laura Rosenthal, Professor, English. Nightwalkers: Prostitute Narratives from the Eighteenth Century (Broadview Press, 2008)
Read a review of several books about prostitution in the 18th century, including Professor Rosenthal's last book, Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture (Cornell University Press, 2006). Download a copy of John Cleland's erotic novel Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) from Project Gutenberg Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Robert L. Park, Research Professor, Physics.Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science (Princeton UP, 2009)
Read the latest issue or browse the archives of Professor Parks' online newsletter, What's New by Bob Park Listen to a conversation with Professor Park from the Guardian's Science Weekly podcast Read a review of the book from Nature Physics Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Deborah Nelson, Director, Carnegie Seminar, Philip Merrill College of Journalism.The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth About U.S. War Crimes (Basic Books, 2008)
Read Deborah Nelson's answers to Six Questions on Vietnam War Crimes, and Why They Matter Now (Harper's Magazine) Listen to a radio interview with Deborah Nelson Read a review of the book from The New York Times Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
John W. Frece, former Associate Director, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education.
Sprawl and Politics: The Inside Story of Smart Growth in Maryland (SUNY Press, 2008)
Read a recent article by researchers from the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education Read a response from former Governor Parris Glendening to a Washington Post article about smart growth in Maryland Get more information about Smart Growth from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Anil K. Gupta, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy and Organization, R.H. Smith School of Business.
Getting China and India Right: Strategies for Leveraging the World's Fastest Growing Economies for Global Advantage (Jossey-Bass, 2009)
Read more on the author's Blog View articles written by Professor Gupta for Business Week Online Find the book in the UM Libraries Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Mark Sagoff, Senior Research Scholar, School of Public Policy. The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law and the Environment (2nd ed., Cambridge, 2007)
Read about other Earth Day activities at the University of Maryland
See a list of other books and articles written by Dr. Sagoff
Find the book in the UM Libraries
Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Robin Sawyer, Professor, Public and Community Health.
Sexpertise: Real Answers to Real Questions About Sex
(Simon & Schuster, 2008)
Read about Dr. Sawyer's talk in The Diamondback (UMCP campus newspaper)
Read a write-up from The Healthy Turtle, the blog for the School of Public Health
Read a profile of Dr. Sawyer in the Washington Post.
Find the book in the UM Libraries
Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Howard D. Leathers, Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics.The World Food Problem: Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World (3rd ed., Lynne Reinner, 2004)
Visit Dr. Leathers' personal Web page to read news items and blog posts on the topic of world hunger
Read articles by Dr. Leathers at the repository, Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
Find the book in the UM Libraries
Purchase the book from Amazon.com
Dr. Stanley Plumly, Professor, English.
Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography (W.W. Norton, 2008)
Posthumous Keats has been named a finalist for the prestigious PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, for a distinguished biography published in the United States in 2009 Read Dr. Plumly's profile from the Academy of American Poets site, Poets.org. You can read or listen to poems, and read interviews with the poet
Read the New York Times' review of Posthumous Keats
Read the first chapter of Posthumous Keats, courtesy of the New York Times Find the book in the UM Libraries
Purchase the book from Amazon.com
