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Tales of Dionysus

The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis

By William Levitan & Stanley Lombardo
Subjects: Classical Studies, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism

The first English verse translation of the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis

Torture, Humiliate, Kill

Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System

By Hikmet Karcic
Subjects: Political Science, European Studies, Balkans, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies
Series: Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race, and Culture

Detention camps as instruments of torture and collective trauma

Selected Plays of Stan Lai

The Complete Set

By Stan Lai
Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Asian Studies, China

Bringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readership

In Contempt

Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC

By Ed Yellin & Jean Fagan Yellin
Subjects: Memoir, History, American History, Political Science, Judicial Politics

How an American Family Went to the Supreme Court with a First Amendment Defense and Beat HUAC

Working Backstage

A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor

By Christin Essin
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Class Studies, American Studies

Places backstage workers in the spotlight to acknowledge their essential roles in creating Broadway magic

A Braided Heart

Essays on Writing and Form

By Brenda Lynn Miller
Subjects: Literary Studies, Essay and Interview, Writing
Series: Writers on Writing

An accessible and personable guide to writing creative nonfiction

Coronavirus Politics

The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19

By Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and Andre Peralta-Santos
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Public Policy

Global experts develop explanations of how governments responded to COVID-19

Academic Ableism

Disability and Higher Education

By Jay T. Dolmage
Subjects: Disability Studies, American Studies, Education, Literary Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory
Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability

Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone

Putting Inequality in Context

Class, Public Opinion, and Representation in the United States

By Christopher Ellis
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Behavior and Public Opinion

Highlights the role of contextual factors, including class, in U.S. political inequality
 

Medieval Women and Their Objects

By Jennifer Adams & Nancy Bradbury
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Literary Studies

Looking closely at the meanings—literal and figurative—of the complex relationship of medieval women to material possessions

Digital Rhetoric

Theory, Method, Practice

By Douglas Eyman
Subjects: Digital Projects, Media Studies, New Media, Cultural Studies
Series: Digital Humanities

A survey of a range of disciplines whose practitioners are venturing into the new field of digital rhetoric, examining the history of the ways digital and networked technologies inhabit and shape traditional rhetorical practices as well as considering new rhetorics made possible by current technologies

The Black Musician and the White City

Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967

By Amy Absher
Subjects: African American Studies, Music, American Studies, History, American History, Urban Studies, Sociology, African American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes

An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century

Teaching History in the Digital Age

By T. Mills Kelly
Subjects: History, Education, Media Studies, New Media
Series: Digital Humanities

A practical guide on how one professor employs the transformative changes of digital media in the research, writing, and teaching of history

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