Winter 2023
Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest
Review of Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest, a book by Marc Arsell Robinson » More ...
Cultural and Ethnic Studies
Fall 2022
Cadenzas: A work of fiction
Review of novel Cadenzas, by Alex Kuo » More ...
Fall 2022
Q&A with Margaret France
Margaret France (’02 MA English) wrote the book on Bob’s Burgers.
Here, she talks about the show’s beloved characters, her favorite season, her top ten reasons to love Bob’s Burgers, and more.
What are your top 10 reasons to love Bob’s Burgers?
Its characters are weird and sad, but the show posits that they are still worthy of love, a message I appreciate hearing on a regular basis.
Routinely excellent original songs.
The shifting dynamic between family as employees and family as family.
A fancy toilet speaks like Jon Hamm.
The siblings act like siblings.
Young … » More …
Spring 2022
Talkback for Spring 2022
Letters from Washington State University alumni and others about Winter21 cover, the Daily Evergreen, and Chinese people in the Northwest » More ...
Spring 2022
Long not lost voices
Ethnomusicologists preserve and document the Indigenous culture of the very land on which the Washington State University Pullman campus resides. » More ...
Spring 2022
Nez Perce music today and yesterday
Listen to Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) music from the past and today, starting with early recordings in 1897 and up to contemporary songs from the Washington State University recording studio.
The Sam Morris Collection (Courtesy Tabitha Erdey, Cultural Resources Program Manager, Nez Perce National Historic Park and Research Center)
This two-CD set was produced by Loran Olsen, WSU professor emeritus of music and Native American studies.
Olsen worked with the Nez Perce community for several decades and set up the Nez Perce … » More …
Winter 2021
Scouting for a forgotten few
US Army Indian Scouts are nearly forgotten “special forces” who have waited a long time for their story to be told. » More ...
Fall 2021
How Chinese pioneers helped build the Pacific Northwest
While Chinese immigrants were generally welcomed in the Inland Northwest, some faced a most harsh reality. » More ...
Fall 2021
Enrique Cerna: Outtakes
Enrique Cerna (’75 Comm.), longtime broadcast journalist and now podcaster, reflects on his personal history, career, race, and podcasting.
Read more about Cerna’s latest podcast, Chino y Chicano.
Family history
“My grandfather on my dad’s side had to flee Mexico. He was a landowner during the revolution. My grandmother had twenty kids. Fifteen made it to adulthood. My father went back to Mexico, and that’s where he met my mom. I’m the youngest of five that lived. We lost one sister who died in Mexico at a year old.”
Reunions
“We have a family reunion the second Saturday of every July. We’ve … » More …
Winter 2020
Books of knells
A modern day plague journal by Washington State University associate professor John Streamas, written from the middle of the pandemic and embracing the flux of facts, theories, false claims, and shifting ethical ground » More ...