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Drinks With Dead People ran from 2014 – 2022

as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.

Drinks With Dead People ran from 2014 – 2022

as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.

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Link to Astronaut Snoopy

Astronaut Snoopy

Have a drink with: Astronaut Snoopy Houston? How about Petaluma? Ask him about: Getting NASA to the moon Tomorrow will mark fifty years since the splashdown of the Apollo 11 lunar mission (it’s easy to focus on the July 20th landing and next-day lunar walk, forgetting that the astronauts had to go through the equally…

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Link to Peanuts In Space

Peanuts In Space

Have a drink with: Astronauts Charlie Brown & Snoopy Just don’t ask about kicking a football in zero-G. Ask them about: getting America in the mood to fly again I’ve got space on the brain.  There’s New Horizons doing its Pluto drive-by, and my toddler running around with a plastic pail on her head insisting…

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Link to Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

Have a drink with: Dr. Seuss Would you, could you, fight the war? Ask him about: why Yertle the Turtle just might be Hitler. We know Theodore Seuss Geisel as a children’s author, a playful champion of absurdity and literacy who gave us green eggs, cats in hats and an absolute lock on what to…

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