Videos

Louise Knight was interviewed about her book Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy, published by University of Chicago Press.

Kevin O’Keefe was interviewed about his book The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation’s Most Ordinary Citizen, published by PublicAffairs.

Jeff Biggers was interviewed about his book The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America, published by Shoemaker an…

Mr. Kippen talked about “The Big Read,” a program developed at the National Endowment for the Arts to restore reading to its place in American life. It helps fund “one city, one book” progra…

Mr. Ekirch talked about his book, At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past. He talked about nighttime, primarily in Western Europe from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. He discu…

Michael Downing was interviewed about his book of social history, Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time, published by Shoemaker and Hoard.