February 20, 2018

Did it Mean Nothing?

Guest post by authors, Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl As authors of the book The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy, which examines how US foreign policy came to “see” women, and what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

February 20, 2018

New Book Tuesday! At Home in the World, Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available: At Home in the World Women and Charity in Late Qing and Early Republican China Xia Shi Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice Edited by Ezra E. H. Griffith...

February 16, 2018

Weekly RoundUp

By  Joanne Raymond Happy Friday fellow UP-ers!  Before you get settled into weekend mode and your minds wander far away from authors, books and anything academic (unless that’s also your ideal weekend in which case, have at it!), get a...

February 16, 2018

Title Management Today

Yesterday we gave you a glimpse into an average day at the Press in its past. Today we’d like to give you a peek into the present. Title management has come a long way from the days of yore. These...

February 15, 2018

The Personal and the Political in Goralik’s Poetry

“I watch the falling of empires in my brain/ with ridiculous calm” Goralik’s next stops for her book tour in the US: PennState in State College, PA on February 16th at 3:30 pm Hunter College in New York, NY on...

February 15, 2018

REMORSE

This week, our featured book is Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology, edited and translated by R. Parthasarathy. Today we’re featuring some excerpts from the book–poems fit for the reserved and the brokenhearted. Enjoy! REMORSE My face is etched...

February 15, 2018

Title Management Before Modern Technology

                        Welcome to week two of CUP’s quasquicentennial celebration. Today we’re treating you to an inside look at title management–well at least how it worked in the past. Who remembers...

February 14, 2018

A LOVER’S WELCOME

This week, our featured book is Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology, edited and translated by R. Parthasarathy. Today we’re featuring some excerpts from the book–poems fit for happy lovers. Enjoy! A LOVER’S WELCOME She hung a broad festoon...

February 14, 2018

Wednesday Excerpt: Ethical Loneliness (An Introduction)

“Ethical Loneliness names and explores a dynamic of loneliness that forms the experience of being a citizen for many. It’s an essential frame for understanding feelings of abandonment.” Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen: An American Lyric Recently released in paperback, Ethical Loneliness: The...

February 13, 2018

Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Introduction

This week, our featured book is Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology, edited and translated by R. Parthasarathy. Classical Sanskrit literature boasts an exquisite canon of poetry devoted to erotic love. Noted translator and scholar R. Parthasarathy curatesd a selection in...

February 13, 2018

New Book Tuesday! In Defense of Charisma, Colonizing Language, Politics Recovered and More!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available: In Defense of Charisma Vincent W. Lloyd Colonizing Language Cultural Production and Language Politics in Modern Japan and Korea Christina Yi Politics Recovered Realist Thought in Theory and Practice Edited by...

February 12, 2018

Book Giveaway! Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology

This week, our featured book is Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology, edited and translated by R. Parthasarathy. 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. Enter our book...