Interviews of AHS

AHS and Giuseppe Festa of Lingalad in 2008 filming a documentary in South Dakota on the West and Native America. Photo by Francesco Piccioli.

NEWSPAPERS

• “Amy Sturgis Keeps Busy Schedule Writing, Editing, Speaking” by Betty Stone, The Charlotte Observer (March 16, 2008)
• “Author, Professor is Authority on Cherokee Indians and Tolkien” by Sarah Newell, Hickory Daily Record (February 17, 2008)
• “Can Hurin Knock Harry Off His Broom?” by Wes Smith, The Orlando Sentinel (May 28, 2007)
• “Fans on Pins and Needles: Putting revered tale to music sparks trepidation as clan plans to gather in Toronto this July” by Malene Arpe, The Toronto Star (March 24, 2006)
• “Belmont University Partners With Narnia on Tour for Past Watchful Dragons Conference,” The Christian Post (November 2, 2005)
• “Our Hunt for Heroes: Clearly, we’re stared for good-guy myths” by Douglas Brown, The Denver Post (November 2, 2005)
• “Fantasy, Faith and C.S. Lewis” by Amelia Consedine, The Belmont Vision (April 29, 2005)
• “Hobbits Gone Wrong” by Zach Dundas, Williamette Week (July 14, 2004)
• “Prof Amy Sturgis on Tolkien’s Trail” by Chasity Ann Gunn, The Belmont Vision (December 5, 2003)
• “Belmont Spotlights Hobbit History” by Craig Boerner, The City Paper (January 10, 2003)

AHS and Virginia, the world's most beautiful Boston Terrier. Photo by Larry M. Hall.

TELEVISION AND FILM

• “The Spirit of the West and Native America” interview of AHS by Giuseppe Festa as expert guest for Italian television documentary on the West and Native America, FILMAKER (May 23-25, 2008)
• “Collector Showdown (“Fantasy” episode of television series), AHS scholarly interviewee and guest judge, High Fidelity HDTV Production (July 2, 2006)
• “Frontier Compacts” 200 Years of Tennessee History (televised documentary), Coleman Teleproductions (Fall 1995)

RADIO

• “The Subversiveness of Science Fiction” interview as scholarly guest on Louisville’s State of Affairs program, 89.3 WFPL Radio (August 31, 2009)
• “Fantasy and Native America” interview as scholarly guest on Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins program, 90.7FM WFAE Radio (September 28, 2008)
• “Wandering with Frodo and Dr. Amy Sturgis through Mirkwood Forest” interview as scholarly guest on Woodland Star Net Radio, BBS Radio (January 6, 2008)
• “First American: Voices” interview as scholarly guest on First Talk with Hal Row program, 1290AM WHKY Radio (September 19, 2008)
• “My Literary Life” interview as literary guest on Writers on Writing, KUCI Talk, Public Affairs Radio from the University of California, Irvine (February 24, 2006)
• “The Middle-Earth – Hogwarts Connection” interview as scholarly guest on What Would Arwen Do? program, KUCI Talk, Public Affairs Radio from the University of California, Irvine (January 27, 2006)
• “The End of Star Wars, But Not Its Fans” interview as scholarly guest on Talk of The Nation national program, National Public Radio (May 19, 2005)

WEBSITES

• “Amy H. Sturgis on The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America“ by Tim O’Shea, TalkingwithTim.com (December 2, 2009)
• “Native America and Speculative Fiction: Interview with Amy H. Sturgis” by Randy Hoyt, Journey to the Sea (August 15, 2009)
• “Science Fiction Primer: Interview with Amy H. Sturgis” by Randy Hoyt, Journey to the Sea (April 1, 2009)
• “Amy H. Sturgis: Talking with Tim” by Tim O’Shea, TalkingwithTim.com (January 22, 2008)
• “”A Great Writer, An Even Better Person” by Alex Ness, Pop Thought (January 2008)
• “Catching up with Amy Sturgis: Imperishable Flame Award Winners Series” by Anthony Burdge, Heren Istarion: The Northeast Tolkien Society (September 30, 2007)
• “Amy Sturgis Talks The Hobbit“ by Xoanon, TheOneRing.net (January 1, 2007)
• “Magic Words: An Interview with Amy H. Sturgis” by Joe Crowe, Revolution Science Fiction (July 15, 2006)
• “An Interview With Amy H. Sturgis” by Tim O’Shea, Pop Thought (April 2004)

PODCASTS

AHS signing books at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, OK in 2007. Photo by Karen H. Sturgis.

• “Hugo Nomination Special 2″ interview of Lawrence Santoro, Grant Stone, Jonathan Strahan, and AHS by Tony C. Smith for StarShipSofa: The Audio Science Fiction Magazine (April 2010)
• “Gothic Literature and the Harry Potter Universe, Part 2″ interview of AHS by the Potter Pundits, including Travis Prinzi, John Granger, and James Thomas for PotterCast, The Official Podcast of The Leaky Cauldron (November 2009)
• “Gothic Literature and the Harry Potter Universe, Part 1″ interview of AHS by the Potter Pundits, including Travis Prinzi, John Granger, and James Thomas for PotterCast, The Official Podcast of The Leaky Cauldron (Octpber 2009)
• “This Week in Science Fiction” roundtable interview of Lawrence Santoro, Damien G. Walter, and Amy H. Sturgis by Tony C. Smith for The Sofanauts, Number 22 (August 2009)
• “All the News from the World Science Fiction Convention” interview of Amy H. Sturgis by Tony C. Smith for The Sofanauts, Number 17 (August 2009)
• “Live from the 67th WorldCon” interview of Amy H. Sturgis by Tony C. Smith for StarShipSofa: The Audio Science Fiction Magazine, WorldCon Special (August 2009)
• “This Week in Science Fiction” roundtable interview of Jeff VanderMeer, Damien G. Walter, and Amy H. Sturgis by Tony C. Smith for The Sofanauts, Number 13 (July 2009)
• “This Week in Science Fiction” roundtable interview of Jeremiah Tolbert, Paul Raven Graham, and Amy H. Sturgis by Tony C. Smith for The Sofanauts, Number 6 (May 2009)
• “Science Fiction and Me” interview of AHS by Tony C. Smith for the StarShipSofa: The Audio Science Fiction Magazine (September 2008)
• “The State of the Field” interview of AHS by Stephen Euin Cobb for The Future and You Podcast (June 2008)