Monthly Archive: January, 2016

January 29, 2016

What Is the Common Good?

Read an excerpt from the third chapter of WHAT KIND OF CREATURES ARE WE?, by Noam Chomsky.

January 28, 2016

Thursday Fiction Corner: The Closing of the Russian Mind?

Russian Library editor Christine Dunbar reacts to “The Closing of the Russian Mind? Freedom of Expression in Putin’s Russia.”

January 28, 2016

What Kind of Creatures Are We?

Read an excerpt from the opening of WHAT KIND OF CREATURES ARE WE?, by Noam Chomsky.

January 27, 2016

Part 2 of Akeel Bilgrami's foreword to What Kind of Creatures Are We?, by Noam Chomsky

Read the second part of Akeel Bilgrami’s excellent foreword to WHAT KIND OF CREATURES ARE WE?, by Noam Chomsky.

January 26, 2016

Part 1 of Akeel Bilgrami's foreword to What Kind of Creatures Are We?, by Noam Chomsky

Read the first part of Akeel Bilgrami’s excellent foreword to WHAT KIND OF CREATURES ARE WE?, by Noam Chomsky.

January 26, 2016

New Book Tuesday! Sexual Politics, International Poets in Hong Kong, and More

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

January 22, 2016

Alexandra Lutnick on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains

Read excerpts from a Twitter Chat interview with Alexandra Lutnick, author of DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING: BEYOND VICTIMS AND VILLAINS, hosted by @DontSellBodies.

January 22, 2016

Shirley Hazzard's Introduction to Geoffrey Scott's THE PORTRAIT OF ZÉLIDE

Shirley Hazzard discusses Zélide, a fascinating character from the eighteenth century perhaps best known for her romantic connections to James Boswell and Benjamin Constant, in this excerpt from WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK: SELECTED ESSAYS!

January 21, 2016

Colin Dayan’s Ethics Without Reason

Read an excerpt from a wonderful review of Colin Dayan’s WITH DOGS AT THE EDGE OF LIFE by Simon Waxman of the Boston Review.

January 21, 2016

Shirley Hazzard's Introduction to Iris Origo's LEOPARDI: A STUDY IN SOLITUDE

Shirley Hazzard discusses Giacomo Leopardi in this excerpt from WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK: SELECTED ESSAYS!

January 20, 2016

Energy's Image

Read an excerpt from “Energy’s Image,” an excerpt from the chapter on the art of J.M.W. Turner in CHAOS IMAGINED: LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, by Martin Meisel.

January 20, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Why America Misunderstands the World, Jewish Graphic Narratives, and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles: Why America Misunderstands the World: National Experience and Roots of Misperception Paul R. Pillar “How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?”: Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs Tahneer Oksman Culture...