Eighteenth-Century Rap Battles
12/05/2017
Today, we have a guest post from Colin Wells, Professor of English at St. Olaf College and author of Poetry Wars: Verse and Politics in the American Revolution and Early… READ MORE
Category: Music
In Memoriam: Roger D. Abrahams
07/03/2017
It is with great sadness that acknowledge the recent passing of folklorist, music scholar, and Penn Press author and former Faculty Editorial Board member Roger D. Abrahams. Penn Press Director… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Lakeyta M. Bonnette, Pulse of the People
03/26/2015
Today’s Q&A is with Lakeyta M. Bonnette, author of Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics, which lays a foundation for the study of political rap music… READ MORE
Why Sing a Poem? Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Corn Song” in J19
04/01/2013
A new article on the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s musical setting of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “A Corn Song” appears in the inaugural issue of J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists. Here,… READ MORE
Dance Opens Window to Cervantes Play for Penn Press Intern
08/08/2012
Cervantes clearly viewed dance as an important aspect of seventeenth-century Spanish culture, and Fuchs and Ilika have preserved this in the translation.
A Feast of Creatures — Now in Paperback
09/27/2011
A Feast of Creatures: Anglo-Saxon Riddle-Songs Edited and translated by Craig Williamson 248 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1129-0 | $19.95 | £13.00 "Captivating."–Choice In A… READ MORE
Penn Press Staff Members Dispel Darkness from a “Tower of Song”
08/12/2011
Penn Press staff practice many ways of dispelling darkness besides publishing books and journals. Some of us are accomplished musicians. If you want proof and you're looking for something to… READ MORE
Name that Zoot Contest: Week Three
07/20/2011
The answer to last week's question was Duke Ellington. Ellington was the major creative force behind the musical revue Jump for Joy, which featured zoot suits in all their splendor…. READ MORE
Name that Zoot Contest: Week Two
07/13/2011
Congratulations to Pinchus Roth of New York, week one's winner. Last week's question was a killer diller, but Roth rose to the occasion. The name of the actor who graces… READ MORE
It Don’t Mean One Thing
07/11/2011
Penn Press intern and social dancer Hannah Ehlenfeldt shares her thoughts on swing dance fashions past and present. Styles from the 1930s and 40s were revived in the 1990s, then… READ MORE
