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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Brittany Friedman’s Book, “Carceral Apartheid”
07 May 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Brittany Friedman. Friedman is assistant professor of sociology at the University of…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Erik S. McDuffie’s Book, “The Second Battle for Africa”
23 Apr 2025
This week’s featured author is Erik S. McDuffie. McDuffie is Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His book is The Second Battle…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Judith Weisenfeld’s Book, “Black Religion in the Madhouse”
02 Apr 2025
This week’s featured author is Judith Weisenfeld. Weisenfeld is Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. Her book is Black Religion in the…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Atiya Husain’s Book, “No God but Man”
12 Mar 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Atiya Husain. Husain is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney, Jr.’s Book, “From Rights to Lives”
26 Feb 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney, Jr. Dr. Hamlin is Royce Family…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jessie Cox’s Book, “Sounds of Black Switzerland”
29 Jan 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jessie Cox. Cox is Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University. His book is…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis’s Book, “Abolish Rent”
15 Jan 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis. Their book is Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson’s Book, “We Grow the World Together”
04 Dec 2024
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva’s Book, “The End of College Football”
06 Nov 2024
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: George Lipsitz’s Book, “The Danger Zone is Everywhere”
09 Oct 2024
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is George Lipsitz. Lipsitz is Research Professor Emeritus of Black Studies and…