University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Justin Nordstrom Professor of History

Book Title: Sourdough

Author: Robin Sloan

Selection Statement:

I’m a food historian and have written about food’s impact on radio technology, the USDA, wartime mobilization, and planning social communities. But I was fortunate to interview the author of this bestselling novel as part of an article I wrote on American food and utopian aspirations.


Year: 2020