Monthly Archive: May, 2019

May 8, 2019

How Baby Sussex Changes Mother’s Day

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle gave birth to a baby boy on the morning of May 6, 2019—six days before Mother’s Day. The next morning, Shani Orgad, author of Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality co-penned an...

May 7, 2019

New Book Tuesday! The Outside Thing, Hot Carbon, Fear of Breakdown, and more!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available!​ The Outside Thing Modernist Lesbian Romance Hannah Roche Hot Carbon Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science John F. Marra Philosophy and Poetry Continental Perspectives Edited by Ranjan Ghosh Time and the...

May 6, 2019

Jennifer Crewe on Expanding Mission-Based Opportunities

Last week, CHOICE Reviews published an article by Bill Mickey titled “The Evolving University Press Publishing Model,” in which directors provided insight into how they are diversifying publishing their publishing strategy while honoring their institution’s research mission. Below is an...

May 3, 2019

Wall Street’s Grand Design: The Federal Reserve

“Approaching a potentially difficult topic in an engaging and readable fashion, Naclerio employs a mostly biographical lens to take readers through the origins of the Federal Reserve.” ~ Robert David Johnson, Brooklyn College On Wednesday, May 1, Richard A. Naclerio, author...

May 2, 2019

Columbia University Press Announces 2019 Student Poetry Contest Winners!

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the three winners of the third  annual Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry® Student Poetry Contest. The Granger’s Poetry contest is held each April and generates high-quality submissions...

May 2, 2019

Book Excerpt! On Bicycles: A 200 Year History of Cycling in New York City

“In On Bicycles, Evan Friss fills in the missing chapters that bicycles hold in New York City’s near-miraculous transportation history and shows how the city’s streets are finally catching up with them.” ~ Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates, former NYC transportation commissioner...

May 1, 2019

Director’s Foreword City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York

“City of Workers, City of Struggle reveals how early colonists, later immigrants, and rural migrants became central to New York City’s manufacturing, trading, and financial industries. Evocatively illustrated, each chapter offers tales of mobilization and resistance experienced by diverse and ever-changing...