book talks

no. 1, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 6January 15, 2021

The Mediapolis Q&A: Elizabeth Patton’s Easy Living

By Elana H Levine

In this installment of our Q&A series, Television & Media Scholar Elana Levine interviews Elizabeth Patton on her recent book Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office (Rutgers University Press, 2020). Dr. Patton is an assistant professor of Media …

no. 5, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 1December 6, 2016

Martha Shearer on New York City and the Hollywood Musical

By Brendan Kredell

This conversation marks the first in what will be a regular series of interviews with authors of new books on cities and urban culture. We begin by sitting down – virtually – with Martha Shearer, whose new book New York …