More shameless self-promo: I was recently interviewed about Readying the Revolution for an article on "The Author's Corner" blog on Current. Check it out here: currentpub.com/2025/02/28/t...

Book blog #4: Chapter 2 of Readying the Revolution is a study of 3 somewhat forgotten plays by Black playwrights of the late-1940s and early-1950s: Our Lan' by Theodore Ward, Gold Through the Trees by Alice Childress, and In Splendid Error by William Branch. 1/

Book blog #3: Chapter 1 of Readying the Revolution is about the cultural and political influence of Jackie Robinson. As a player, Robinson was lauded for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier, and for having "guts enough not to fight back" against racist aggression. 1/

This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.

Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.

Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.

Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.

Or on a stamp.

Or maybe currency.

Something.

Book blog #2: In the intro, I lay out the main thesis: Black theater and performance from the late-1940s to early-1960s is more radical and activist than previously credited. The "Black Arts movement" positioned itself as a "revolutionary" break from artists of the previous era... (1/3)

🚨🎭There's a great selection of Performing Arts titles this season from @uofmpress.bsky.social. Explore works on global dance, theater, and cinema and browse UMP's theater series on the LUP website! bit.ly/3C23lL7 @livunipress.bsky.social @jshan.bsky.social #theaterstudies 🩰🎦

Now that READYING THE REVOLUTION is officially published, I'm going to start an occasional series of bloggy posts about the book and its contents. The first is about the general subject matter. I am a theater historian, and this work is very much grounded in theater history. But not entirely. (1/3)

Check it out: my book made a listicle: "19 Theater Books for Your 2025 Reading List." Yes, it's just me, hangin' with my bestie fellow authors Joel Grey, Cher and Shaina Taub. 🙂
www.broadwayworld.com/article/19-T...

Pre-order from UM Press or read for free on #openaccess : doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Thanks for the responses to my book announcement! Watch for a series of bloggy posts, where I'll try describe what the book is all about without academic jargon, and hopefully without boring you to tears. (Probably after the semester.) Pre-order now! Or wait for #openaccess. doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

After many years of work and waiting, my author's copy arrived from University of Michigan Press. Pre-order now! Also available as #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Came back because I hear this is where the party at the end of the world is happening?

For he's a jolly good felon. Nobody can deny.

Samuel Alito

Spent the whole day pretending I knew something about landscaping. Will my new sod survive and ultimately blend into the rest of my backyard? Time will tell...

So payhetic that these Republicans like Nikki Haley, Chris Sununu, Bill Barr etc shift so easily from a sanctimonious anti-Trump pose to a completely self-serving and transparent attempt to say "Biden is worse." They don't believe it, and I doubt they expect many others to believe they believe it.

With post.news in its final days, thought I'd finally give this dohicky and try. Anything interesting happening here?