Over the last few months, The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota has been working away at a very special project. In collaboration with the Rural Women’s Studies Associate, we are publishing an edited volume of scholarly essays and recipes that celebrate, analyze, and interrogate the relationship between food, women, and rural life. The book is edited by Cynthia C. Prescott and Maureen S. Thompson and is titled Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook. One of the book’s reviewers pointed out that this title is a bit of a mouthful, and we decided that this was entirely appropriate for a book…
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Colin Kaepernick and Endgame: A preview of Protesting on Bended Knee
The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota is excited to present a timely sneak peek of forthcoming title, Protesting on Bended Knee edited by Eric Burin of the University of North Dakota. This book will feature a diverse group of 30 authors writing on the history, politics, ethics, and social impact of Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protests. In his expansive introduction, Burin reflects on the critical turning points in the saga of Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests: There was Kaepernick’s initial decision in August 2016 to sit and then kneel during the anthem. A little over a year later, in September 2017,…