Deb­o­rah Cohen is the Richard W. Leopold Pro­fes­sor of His­to­ry and Chair of the His­to­ry Depart­ment at North­west­ern. A live­ly and engag­ing lec­tur­er, she was award­ed the uni­ver­si­ty’s McCormick Pro­fes­sor­ship of Teach­ing Excel­lence. She writes reg­u­lar­ly for the Atlantic on sub­jects rang­ing from pri­vate lives to war pho­tog­ra­phy to punk rock. Last Call at the Hotel Impe­r­i­al is her fourth book.