Poets have been writing about love for centuries, so it is thrilling when a new voice comes along capable of breathing new life into old structures. In (At) Wrist, Tacey Atsitty melds inherited forms such as the sonnet with her DinE (Navajo) and religious experiences to boldly and beautifully seek a love that can last for eternity. Celebrating ......
In rural South African clinics, Black nurses played critical roles. Charged with administering valuable and life-saving health care measures despite a lack of equipment and personnel, these nurses had to navigate the intersections of traditional African healing practices, changing gender relations, and increasing educational and economic ......
Mamah Borthwick was an energetic, intelligent, and charismatic woman who earned a master's degree at a time when few women even attended college, translated writings by a key figure of the early feminist movement, and traveled from the American prairie to Europe, Scandinavia, and even Japan. She is best known, however, as the mistress of the ......
Mamah Borthwick was an energetic, intelligent, and charismatic woman who earned a master's degree at a time when few women even attended college, translated writings by a key figure of the early feminist movement, and taught at one of Germany's best schools for boys. She is best known, however, as the mistress of the famous American architect ......
In one of the most beautiful river valleys in Europe, in the region known as Perigord in southwest France, Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden fell in love with a small stone house which was in the shadow of a medieval castle, and which became their summer home. This title offers a glimpse of a region little known to Americans - the Dordogne Valley, ......
Danielle St. Louis and her energetic Labrador-border collie rescue dog, Lucky, have hiked every Wisconsin state park together. While doing so, they enjoyed the state's rich natural beauty and the challenges that can come from hiking with a canine companion. St. Louis documents it all in this fun and thorough guide. A Dog Lover's Guide to Hiking ......
Alessandra Tarquini's A History of Italian Fascist Culture, 1922-1943 is widely recognized as an authoritative synthesis of the field. The book was published to much critical acclaim in 2011 and revised and expanded five years later. This long-awaited translation presents Tarquini's compact, clear prose to readers previously unable to read it in ......
Irene Drusilla Namaganda and the Remaking of Power and Gender in Colonial Uganda
In 1941, Irene Drusilla Namaganda, the reigning queen mother of British-occupied Buganda, shocked the kingdom when she revealed she was six months pregnant-only fifteen months after the king's death. The father of her child, a schoolteacher nearly two decades her junior, quickly became the focal point for a scandal that engulfed the monarchy. The ......
Irene Drusilla Namaganda and the Remaking of Power and Gender in Colonial Uganda
In 1941, Irene Drusilla Namaganda, the reigning queen mother of British-occupied Buganda, shocked the kingdom when she revealed she was six months pregnant-only fifteen months after the king's death. The father of her child, a schoolteacher nearly two decades her junior, quickly became the focal point for a scandal that engulfed the monarchy. The ......
