Podcasts by UVA Press Presents

UVA Press Presents: Three Rings from 2020-09-18T14:59:21

In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tel...

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UVA Press Presents: Empire of Diamonds from 2020-08-11T13:20:28

In 1850, the legendary Koh-i-noor diamond, gem of Eastern potentates, was transferred from the Punjab in India and, in an elaborate ceremony, placed into Queen Victoria’s outstretched hands. Thi...

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UVA Press Presents: Traces of J.B. Jackson from 2020-05-22T13:18:32

J. B. Jackson transformed forever how Americans understand their landscape, a concept he defined as land shaped by human presence. In the first major biography of the greatest pioneer in landsca...

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UVA Press Presents: The Life of William Faulkner from 2020-05-06T23:29:30

Carl Rollyson has a new two volume biography of William Faulkner hot off the presses. Professor Emeritus Stephen Railton asks him about what drew him to Faulkner, what his biography brings to Fa...

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UVA Press Presents: The Life of William Faulkner from 2020-05-06T23:29:30

Carl Rollyson has a new two volume biography of William Faulkner hot off the presses. Professor Emeritus Stephen Railton asks him about what drew him to Faulkner, what his biography brings to Fa...

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UVA Press Presents: The Life of William Faulkner from 2020-05-06T23:29:30

Carl Rollyson has a new two volume biography of William Faulkner hot off the presses. Professor Emeritus Stephen Railton asks him about what drew him to Faulkner, what his biography brings to Fa...

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