Fall 2020
An Eye for Injustice: Robert C. Sims and Minidoka
Review of An Eye for Injustice: Robert C. Sims and Minidoka, published by WSU Press » More ...
History
Fall 2020
Tahoma and its People: A Natural History of Mount Rainier National Park
Review of Tahoma and its People: A Natural History of Mount Rainier National Park, published by WSU Press » More ...
Fall 2020
Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World’s First Superstar
Review of Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World’s First Superstar » More ...
Summer 2020
When the sky fell
Forty years ago, on a fateful day in May, a volcanic eruption—unprecedented in modern times—etched itself on the memories of Washingtonians from Vancouver to Pullman. » More ...
Summer 2020
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
Buddy Levy
St. Martin’s Press: 2019
Lt. Adolphus W. Greely, commander of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, assessed the situation from the edge of the ice floe upon which he and his men were stranded.
It was dire.
They were adrift on a raft of ice, and it was 11 degrees Fahrenheit—cold for the time of year but not as low as the sub-zero temperatures they regularly experienced during their two years of exploration and data collection, … » More …
Summer 2020
Back on Track: Sound Transit’s Fight to Save Light Rail
Review of "Back on Track: Sound Transit’s Fight to Save Light Rail" published by WSU Press » More ...
Summer 2020
Carla Peperzak: Her life
Carla Peperzak is Washington’s 2020 Person of the Year.
For more than 50 years, she wouldn’t talk about her years as a teenage operative in the Dutch Resistance during World War II. Washington State University associate history professor Raymond Sun is now helping Carla tell that story.
Produced by the Edison Creative Group
Learn more about her life:
Read the article that first connected Raymond Sun and Carla Peperzak.
Read about Carla Peperzak being honored in Olympia.
Video: Carla Peperzak speaks at North Idaho College … » More …
Spring 2020
Gallery: Works from the Black Arts Movement in Chicago
A group of artists, musicians, dancers, poets, and writers in Chicago gave birth to the rich aesthetic based on Black American experience known as the Black Arts Movement (BAM). Below are just a few examples of their work.
Read about a new documentary on BAM in Chicago from WSU Vancouver associate professors of English Thabiti Lewis and Pavithra Narayanan.
Spring 2020
To Think Like a Mountain: Environmental challenges in the American West
Niels Sparre Nokkentved
WSU Press: 2019
“Thinking like a mountain” is the name of a short essay from Aldo Leopold’s 1949 book A Sand County Almanac. In it, he reflects on an old wolf he shot and killed as a young hunter and how he came to realize wolves play a critical role between prey, such as deer and elk, and the flora of the forest and other natural habitats. He lamented humans need to learn to think … » More …
Winter 2019
Power of language
Relationships come to life by revitalizing rather than preserving Native American languages. That's what Washington State University Professor Kim Christen strives for with several projects. » More ...