June 15, 2018

How Well Do You Know Columbia University Press and the University of California Press?

This year both Columbia University Press and University of California Press are celebrating their quasquicentennial. Since we’ve been around for a 125 years, we thought we’d test you on how well you know us. Take the quiz below, and remember...

June 14, 2018

Q&A with Aasha M. Abdill on Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood

This week, our featured book is Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood. Today we are happy to present to you this exclusive interview with author Aasha M. Abdill! Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for...

June 14, 2018

My Time At CUP: John Hussey on An Education in Excellence

“I really love working with Columbia’s staff and hope that I am somehow “giving back” in honor of the education they gave to me years ago.” John Hussey SENIOR KEY ACCOUNTS SALES MANAGER AT INGRAM CONTENT GROUP ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES(AUP)...

June 13, 2018

Misunderstood: The Significance of Race and Place in Understanding Black Fatherhood

This week, our featured book is Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood, by Aasha M. Abdill! Today we are happy to present you with an intriguing expert from the first chapter of the book. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at...

June 13, 2018

Happy 125th Anniversary to Columbia University Press!

On this day in 1893, Columbia University Press was established as a separately incorporated not-for profit organization affiliated with Columbia College, and we’ve been publishing strong ever since! At the time, the trustees felt that it was “not expedient for the...

June 12, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: In 1985, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Opened the Door to the Discussions of Sex, Power, and Desire in the Arenas of Literary Criticism, Politics, Society, and Culture

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Between Men has been described as a disruption in the field of literary criticism. Sedgwick almost single–handedly put a stop to the field’s tradition of suppressing queer subjects and subjectivities. She opened the door to discussions of sex, power,...

June 12, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Sentimental Tales, Restating Orientalism, Working for Respect and The Microeconomic Mode

Sentimental Tales Mikhail Zoshchenko. Translated by Boris Dralyuk Restating Orientalism A Critique of Modern Knowledge Wael B. Hallaq Working for Respect Community and Conflict at Walmart Adam Reich and Peter Bearman The Microeconomic Mode Political Subjectivity in Contemporary Popular Aesthetics...

June 12, 2018

The Keyser Söze of Fathering from the Margins

This week, our featured book is Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood. Today we are happy to present to you this thought provoking op-ed by author Aasha M. Abdill! Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1...

June 8, 2018

Snippets from the Annotated Filmography of Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, author Maggie Hennefeld’s encourages us to use our imagination with these snippets. Remember to enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free...

June 7, 2018

Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes on YouTube!

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, we are happy to present you with a compilation of author Maggie Hennefeld’s top ten films discussed in the book. Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday at...

June 6, 2018

Introducing Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes, by Maggie Hennefeld! Today we are happy to present you with an excerpt form the book’s introduction. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a...

June 5, 2018

New Book Tuesday! How Did Lubitsch Do It?, The Great Flowing River, Coping with the Climate Crisis and More!

How Did Lubitsch Do It? Joseph McBride Idly Scribbling Rhymers Poetry, Print, and Community in Nineteenth-Century Japan Robert Tuck The Great Flowing River A Memoir of China, from Manchuria to Taiwan Chi Pang-yuan. Translated by John Balcom Pentecostals in America...