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In February, we shared highlights from our oral history interview with one of the incredible people we met while working on the COVID-19 American History Project for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. We wrote, “as part of an oral history collection focused on hospitality and service workers in New Orleans, ShaquitaContinue reading “An interview with comedian & hotel worker Shaquita Griffin”

In January, Sara and Elise kicked off a new project exploring culture through mid-range hotels. In this post, Sara explain’s why we’re so enchanted by possibly the least glamorous of all accommodations. In “Why Do We Love Beige Boxes,” she writes, “it’s possible it isn’t the hotels themselves that I enjoy. They are instead aContinue reading “Why We’re Researching and Writing About Hotels”