New Books in Performing Arts

Marshall Poe

Francis O'neill

Margherita Costa

Allegorical Drama

Irish Music

Drag

Shakespeare

Baroque Italy

Chicago

Baroque Period

Ska

Italian Studies

Pedagogical Practices

Venice

Eugenio Refini

Hip Hop

Female-Driven Films

Rupaul's Drag Race

Decolonization

Race and Gender In the Western Music History Survey

Performative Arts

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Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery, "Fela: Music Is the Weapon" (Amistad Press, 2025)

A spectacular graphic novel about the life and times of the legendary Fela Kuti—the Pan-African frontman, multi-instrumentalist, sociopolitical powerhouse, and father of Afrobeat.

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Grace Kessler Overbeke, "First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll" (NYU Press, 2024)

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Elliott Kalan, "Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

In Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense, Elliott Kalan (U Chicago Press, 2025) explains that it’s easier to write jokes when you have a dependable method for doing so. All jokes, he argues, are built from the same elements: structure,... more

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Sarah F. Derbew, "Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Sarah Derbew’s new book Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2022) asks how should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty-first century be properly read and interpreted? This important and timely book is... more

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Stefania Marghitu

Author of Teen TV

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Episode: Stefania Marghitu, "Teen TV" (Routledge, 2021)

Chris Yogerst

Author of The Warner Brothers and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

University Press of Kentucky

Episode: Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)

Casey and Tyler

Hosts of the Proofread Podcast

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Episode: Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)

Lucy Caplan

Author of 'Dreaming in Ensemble, How Black Artists Transformed American Opera'

Harvard University Press

Episode: Lucy Caplan, "Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera" (Harvard UP, 2025)

Song Ying

PhD candidate in sociology focusing on the horse head fiddle and Mongolian identity

Zhejiang University

Episode: Strings of Identity: The Horse-Head Fiddle and Mongolian Identity in China (with Ying Song)

Jordan Ferguson

Author of another book, 'The 33 and a Third,' with experience in writing about music and culture

Episode: Jessica Doyle and Jordan Ferguson, "Dance Dance Revolution" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

Jessica Doyle

Writer based out of Atlanta, Georgia, with a Ph.D. in city planning

Episode: Jessica Doyle and Jordan Ferguson, "Dance Dance Revolution" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

Dr. Janice Ross

Professor Emerita of Dance Studies at Stanford University, author of 'The Choreography of Environments'

Stanford University

Episode: Janice Ross "The Choreography of Environments: How the Anna and Lawrence Halprin Home Transformed Contemporary Dance and Urban Design" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Kip Grovenor-Hutchins

Cultural anthropologist and visiting assistant professor at Oberlin College

Oberlin College

Episode: A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia

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Sarah F. Derbew, "Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Q: What do Greek plays tell us about blackness in antiquity?

Greek plays reveal multiple facets of blackness, showing characters who are recognized for their black skin but whose identities and agency extend beyond just their color, highlighting the complexities of race and acceptance in ancient narratives.

Sarah F. Derbew, "Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Q: How does blackness operate at multiple levels within this text?

In Herodotus' Histories, blackness is depicted in diverse ways, showing that identity is not monolithic but rather includes characteristics like beauty and semi-divinity, countering the tendency to view blackness solely as enslaved or inferior in historical contexts.

Sarah F. Derbew, "Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Q: What is the origin story of this book? How did you come to write Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity?

The book began with needing a dissertation topic during graduate school, which started from reading Greek history and focusing on the references to Ithiopians in Herodotus' Histories, eventually evolving into a broader examination of blackness in antiquity through various texts and performance studies.

Elliott Kalan, "Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Q: Can you discuss your process for writing jokes?

Kalan outlines a clear process involving identifying the absurdity of a situation, structuring jokes, choosing precise wording, and testing material with an audience.

Elliott Kalan, "Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Q: Why did you decide to write this book?

Kalan was approached by his editor who asked him to write a book on comedy writing based on his extensive experience in the field.

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