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Jonathan Silverman is a professor of English at UMass Lowell. He is the editor of Astros and Asterisks: The Houston Sign-Stealing Scandal, Explained.

He is the co-author with Michael Hinds of Johnny Cash International: How and Why the World Loves the Man in Black (University of Iowa Press, 2020), which is the winner of the 2023 Peggy O'Brien Book Prize.

He is also author of Nine Choices: Johnny Cash and American Culture (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010); the co-author with Dean Rader of The World Is a Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking about Culture and Its Contexts (Pearson/Broadview, 2002-2018, five editions); and the co-editor with Meghan Sweeney of Remaking the American College Campus (McFarland, 2016).

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	Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon, Valerie Harper (Narrator), Jonathan Silverman (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.89 avg rating — 5,755 ratings — published 1984 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bang the Drum Slowly by Eric Simonson, David Schwimmer (Narrator), Jonathan Silverman (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.91 avg rating — 1,687 ratings — published 1956 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broadway Bound by Neil Simon, Dan Castellaneta (Narrator), Caroline Aaron (Narrator) 3.79 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World is a Text: Writing, Reading and Thinking About Visual and Popular Culture by Jonathan Silverman (Goodreads Author), Dean Rader (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nine Choices: Johnny Cash and American Culture really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astros and Asterisks: Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained (Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports) 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black by Michael Hinds, Jonathan Silverman (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remaking the American College Campus: Essays by Jonathan Silverman (Goodreads Author) (editor), Meghan M. Sweeney (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real College: A Guide to Navigating Your College Experience by Dwonna Goldstone, Joel Huerta, Karen Humphrey-Johnson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prentice Hall Anthology of American Literature: v. 1 by Dean Rader (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Silverman (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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