This week in North Philly Notes, we honor the independent bookstores that support Temple University Press. Please visit them on April 27 for Independent Bookstore Day! Harriet’s Bookshop, 258 E...
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This week in North Philly Notes, we highlight Preserving the Vanishing City author Stephanie Ryberg-Webster’s upcoming panels and appearance at the Urban Affairs Association conference. Stephan...
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This week in North Philly Notes, David Campbell, author of Democracy’s Hidden Heroes, writes about the cultures of the bureaucratic and communal worlds. It’s a little intimidating to have you...
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This week in North Philly Notes, William Gee Wong, author of Sons of Chinatown, writes about his father’s immigration. My father used partially fraudulent papers to legally enter the United Sta...
This week in North Philly Notes, we showcase Zombie Apocalypse: Holy Land, Haiti, Hollywood, by Dr. Terry Rey, our latest title published by North Broad Press, a joint open access imprint of Temp...
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This week in North Philly Notes, Linh Thủy Nguyễn, author of Displacing Kinship, write about family history in the aftermath of the Vietnam war. I have a clear memory of the day that, at 18, ...
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This week in North Philly Notes, we showcase titles for Women’s History Month. Use promo code TWHM24 for 25% off all our Women’s Studies titles. (Sale ends April 1, 2024.) Gendered Places:...
https://templepress.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/celebrating-womens-history-month-4/
This week in North Philly Notes, Amy Jane Cohen, author of Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, writes about Philadelphia’s African American experience. When Carter G. Woodson launched...
https://templepress.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/a-book-celebrating-black-history-in-philadelphia/
This week in North Philly Notes, Bill Ecenbarger, author of Work, Fight, and Play Ball, writes about the safe shelter leagues of WWI. I’m almost certain there’s a baseball gene that my father...
This week in North Philly Notes, William Gee Wong, author of Sons of Chinatown, writes about growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown and how that shaped his—and his father’s—worldview Until I w...