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May 18, 2018

I Spit On Your Grave: From Celluloid Pariah to Cult Film

This week, our featured book is I Spit on Your Grave. Today, we are happy to present an guest post from author David Maguire! Enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free copy! • • • • ...

May 17, 2018

My Time At CUP: William Germano

“I still think that an editor at a major university press can have a more stimulating intellectual life than most faculty members have the luxury to develop.“ William Germano PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, COOPER UNION COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1978–1986 ASSISTANT...

May 16, 2018

Q&A with David Maguire on I Spit on Your Grave

This week, our featured book is I Spit on Your Grave. Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author David Maguire! Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free copy! • • •...

May 15, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Dickinson’s Nerves Frost’s Woods, Novel Sounds, Birth of a New Earth and More!

Dickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods Poetry in the Shadow of the Past William Logan Novel Sounds Southern Fiction in the Age of Rock and Roll Florence Dore Birth of a New Earth The Radical Politics of Environmentalism Adrian Parr The Empire...

May 14, 2018

Book Giveaway! I Spit on Your Grave

This week, our featured book is I Spit on Your Grave, by David Maguire! Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page. Loading…

May 11, 2018

Reassembling Motherhood: An Introduction

Mother’s Day is this Sunday. As this day approaches, we invite you to sit back and reflect on how motherhood has transformed over time with this excerpt from Reassembling Motherhood: Procreation and Care in a Globalized World, edited by Yasmine...

May 10, 2018

Prairie Lights and Northtown Books Win CUP 125 Anniversary Display Contest!

1st Place: Prairie Lights, IA www.prairielights.com 2nd Place Northtown Books, CA www.northtownbooks.com Book Culture, NY www.bookculture.com Malaprop’s, NC www.malaprops.com Diesel, CA www.dieselbookstore.com FlyLeaf Books, NC www.flyleafbooks.com Square Books, MS www.squarebooks.com University Press Books, CA www.universitypressbooks.com This season, we held a...

May 10, 2018

“There was no other way”: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

This week, our featured book is Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Today, we are happy to present you with a guest post by author Terence McSweeney. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

May 9, 2018

(Prologue) Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe

This week, our featured book is Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, by Terence McSweeney! Today we are happy to present you with the book’s prologue. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

May 8, 2018

New Book Tuesday! The Ecocentrists, Hidden and Visible Realms, The Other Catholics and more!

The Ecocentrists A History of Radical Environmentalism Keith Makoto Woodhouse Hidden and Visible Realms Early Medieval Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic Liu Yiqing. Zhenjun Zhang Social Value Investing A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships Howard W. Buffett...

May 3, 2018

Documenting Censorship’s Pyrrhic Victories

This week, our featured title is Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock. Today, we are happy to present a guest post from author Amy Werbel. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for...

May 2, 2018

Q&A With Amy Werbel On 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. Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author Amy Werbel. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for...