I had fun talking with Andrew Keen on the Keen On podcast about the hidden history of American folk & popular music beginning in the 1930s. You can hear my episode at keenon.substack.com/p/episode-2024…

Amazing!

Rexford G. Tugwell—even conservative critics of the New Deal who liked to call him 'Rex the Red' couldn't deny that he was the 'handsomest of the Brain Trusters.'

It’s been an adventure and a joy to make this documentary about folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell with Rhiannon Giddens and the help of wonderful and generous researchers Aran Songs Sheryl Kaskowitz Cathy Hiebert Kerst, Jim Leary and Robert Cochrane: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Loved this! Especially: “the ethics were collective. They were about creating a real civilization, a society in which everybody played a role. You know, that's what democracy is all about.”

New newsletter up on Patreon! Join at any level to read about my book's main character (Margaret Valiant) & her personal connection to the fight for #reproductiverights , from the FSA migrant camps in the 1930s to the passage of Roe v. Wade. #history
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It also features new deals for #AnikaBurgess , Sheryl Kaskowitz, #CalNewport , and Brad Stulberg. AND it introduces my new colleague Tamara Kawar - تمارا!!

DeFiore & Company's Summer 202 newsletter features new books by @WheresMyBubble, yumi sakugawa, Nathalia Holt, Andrew Kolb, @KJDellAntonia, and more! defliterary.com/newsletter

My first newsletter is up on Patreon! Read about the amazing notebook that I found deep within the Mississippi State University Library's Special Collections. Join at any level: patreon.com/skaskowitz

I've been working on a new book about a hidden New Deal music project for almost 6 yrs, and the end is within sight (publishing news coming soon)! Please subscribe on Patreon to get my newsletter and help support this last stage of research & writing: patreon.com/skaskowitz

I’m so overeducated that I know it doesn’t need a hyphen, moron. #amediting

This is...too perfect mcsweeneys.net/articles/welco…

“The Democrats need to stop sitting in the middle of an aisle where no one is coming to meet them.” 🔥