Category: New York City

May 1, 2018

Introducing Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock

This week, our featured title is Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock. In this video, author Amy Werbel introduces the book and it’s place in American history. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1...

March 5, 2018

Book Giveaway! The Untold Journey: The Life of Diana Trilling

This week, our featured book is The Untold Journey: The Life of Diana Trilling, by Natalie Robin. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its authors on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page. Enter our book giveaway by Friday...

June 16, 2017

The Nation Calls

Read an excerpt from THE UNTOLD JOURNEY: THE LIFE OF DIANA TRILLING, by Natalie Robins!

June 13, 2017

Introducing The Untold Journey

Read an excerpt from THE UNTOLD JOURNEY: THE LIFE OF DIANA TRILLING, by Natalie Robins!

June 2, 2017

74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue: Queens Masala

Read an excerpt from INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS: NEW YORKERS ON THE 7 TRAIN, by Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum!

June 1, 2017

Asserting Their Rights to Be Different, New York Style

Read an excerpt from INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS: NEW YORKERS ON THE 7 TRAIN, by Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum!

May 31, 2017

A Media Roundup for International Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train

Catch up on the great press that INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS: NEW YORKERS ON THE 7 TRAIN, by Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum, has been receiving!

May 30, 2017

Becoming New Yorkers on the 7 Train

Read an excerpt from the first chapter of INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS: NEW YORKERS ON THE 7 TRAIN, by Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum!

April 19, 2017

Soul Dollars

Read an excerpt from DOWN THE UP STAIRCASE: THREE GENERATIONS OF A HARLEM FAMILY, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitch!

April 18, 2017

Introducing Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family

Read an excerpt from the preface to DOWN THE UP STAIRCASE: THREE GENERATIONS OF A HARLEM FAMILY, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitch!

November 18, 2016

Richard Plunz on Housing in New York City

Richard Plunz, author of “A History of Housing in New York City,” discusses his book in an interview with Brian Lehrer.

November 17, 2016

The Prehistory of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Read an excerpt from the introduction to A HISTORY OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, by Nancy Webster and David Shirley.