He wrote the book on Michael Jordan’s cultural influence
Adam Bradley, a UCLA professor of English and African American studies, provided the text for a new volume celebrating the basketball great’s enduring influence.
Books
Precarious beauty: Claire McEachern’s new book is a reflection on Malibu
“Coyotes and Culture” is a compilation of 20 essays about the real people, natural wonders and hidden perils of the town where she lived for a quarter century.
Anthology edited by Carol Bakhos covers nearly a millennium of Jewish history
The book covers the transformative period from 332 BCE to 600 CE, which gave rise to some of the central aspects of contemporary Judaism.
Professor’s project creates 2nd ever book in endangered Philippine Indigenous language
Oona Paredes collaborated with members of the Higaunon community to transcribe a collection of their foundational stories.
Michelle Huneven says critically acclaimed ‘Bug Hollow’ owes debt to her UCLA students
The author, a continuing lecturer in the English department, drew inspiration from the prompts she assigns in her fiction-writing workshops.
Of little databases and the poetics of the web revival
An essay by English professor Danny Snelson, whose new book will be published this month.
What Beyoncé’s music says about the desire for freedom and recognition
A new book by Tiffany E. Barber explores the impact of four prominent Black visual artists but begins with a comparison to popular reception of the legendary singer.
‘I must be famous to be heard’
Esha Niyogi De’s new book reveals a previously hidden narrative about women in South Asian cinema.
Kristopher Kersey’s first book honored by Medieval Academy of America
The art history professor was recognized for “Facing Images: Medieval Japanese Art and the Problem of Modernity.”
Zrinka Stahuljak’s book ‘Fixers’ honored as one of year’s best by History Today
The acknowledgment, she said, is gratifying because “historians are recognizing the work of a literary historian as historical work.”