This book gathers together letters to Michelle Obama, written by African American and African women. Shortly after the election, the Uncrowned Queens Institute in Buffalo, New York, sent out a call a
Spotte (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida) remembers his childhood in a West Virginia coal camp during the 1950s; his years as a bohemian in Beach Haven, New Jersey; his balanced interest in l
Where do poems come from? How do you write a poem? In this collection of poems by 40 published poets, each poem is followed by an essay written by the poem's author, on the process behind the creation
Livingston (materials science and engineering, MIT), a research physicist and distant cousin of the woman, relates the story of the 1896 murder trial of Mary Alice Livingston, who was accused of murde
In this memoir, Klein (psychiatry, Yale U.) recounts how she took up boxing in her mid-fifties and how it led her back to her Jewish immigrant roots. She describes her obsession with boxing, women's b
"If you pick up the East Hampton Star, you'll learn the who, what, and where. The why and how are more likely found in the pages of Dan's Papers...If you want to understand the crazy quilt of art, san
The staff of the Albany Institute of History & Art (one of the oldest museums in the US, founded in 1791) combined efforts to produce this inviting book to accompany a 2009 exhibition of the same
"In this funny and moving tale about the long strange trip that is fatherhood, Gutkind offers readers a precious truthuthat it is only through the eyes of our children that we see ourselves clearly."u
Although he's barely remembered now, the presence of "Big Tim" Sullivan loomed large over New York City and the urban politics of the years between 1890 and 1914. Welch (American History and Irish His
