Civic Conversations Talks to Biographer Ray Boomhower

15/10/2025 18 min
Civic Conversations Talks to Biographer Ray Boomhower

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This month, Civic Conversations’ Jim Allison welcomed Ray Boomhower, esteemed Indiana biographer and senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he edits the quarterly popular history magazine, Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. In the podcast, Boomhower discussed his book about the photo of the Buddhist monk who set himself on fire to …