February 2011

‘When the Rainbow Goddess Wept’ featured in Skokie, Illinois, cultural event

by Trade Marketing February 28, 2011

Beginning March 5th through March 9th, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, author of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, will be featured in a series of readings and discussions in Skokie, Illinois' second annual Coming Together in Skokie event. The celebration "highlights a different culture in [their] richly diverse community to build knowledge, awareness, and appreciation of different backgrounds and to weave [them] all more closely into the vibrant tapestry that is Skokie." Manguerra Brainard will speak about her novel and her experiences both in the Philippines and America. Information for the discussion dates can be found at the author's blog, Travels (and more) with [...]

Terrance McKnight to honor Hazel Scott’s elegant and innovative music

by Heather Newman February 24, 2011

Upon discovering the vast accomplishments of Hazel Scott, Terrance McKnight, host of “All Ears with Terrance McKnight,” is refocusing the spotlight on musical phenomenon Hazel Scott by paying tribute to her work on his WQXR program. Scott's life is the subject of Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC, by UM Press author Karen Chilton. Recognizing her acceptance to Julliard at age 8, her marriage to Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and her national television show, McKnight plans to tell her story in an effort to re-captivate a listening audience; quoting the [...]

John Kenneth White, author of ‘Barack Obama’s America,’ writes a BestThinking article on changes in America

by Trade Marketing February 21, 2011

John White, author of Barack Obama's America, recently expressed that the composition of the American vote is evolving. In a recent political article for BestThinking, White observes that the American population is not what it used to be. It is this change in the distribution of the population that is redesigning the majority vote. White observes that since the 1970s America has seen four social revolutions, the racial revolution, the family revolution, the gay rights revolution and the religious revolution. Families are no longer only nuclear; religious identities are more encompassing; tolerance towards homosexuals is increasing; and eventually, "white" will no [...]

Inside Higher Ed piece by ‘Mad at School’ author is on scholarly job hunt for those with mental disabilities

by The University of Michigan Press February 15, 2011

Margaret Price, author of Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life, recently had a piece in Inside Higher Ed on how difficult the academic job search process can be for those with mental disabilities and how it might become more accessible. "If this system were revised to become more accessible for academics with mental disabilities, all members of the academic world would benefit," she wrote. "A few relatively simple changes would have dramatic impact." The full article is available online. Price has been in the news recently, with a story about her work appearing in the Chronicle [...]

‘Mad At School’ author responds to debate over mental disability on campus

by The University of Michigan Press February 14, 2011

This blog entry, written by Mad at School author Margaret Price, is the second of three posts on mental disabilities in the college setting. For the first post on the Chronicle of Higher Education story, please click here. Killer Dichotomies: Ir/rational, Crazy/Sane, Dangerous/Not There are a number of conversations about Mad at School going on now. I am happy to see all of them—even those that contain opinions I strongly disagree with—because at least we are now having this conversation. Over the past week, I’ve been reading Benjamin Reiss’s "Campus Security and the Specter of Mental-Health Profiling," along with its [...]

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