February 9, 2018

Reference in the Age of Technology: The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online

Yesterday we introduced you to a hefty product of the past. Today we’d like to tell you about the present. Modern technology has paved the way to dynamic databases like The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. Accessible anytime, anywhere,...

February 8, 2018

Introducing Linor Goralik’s Found Life

On Tuesday 02/13, Columbia University Press author Linor Goralik will appear at NYU’s Jordan Center to discuss Found Life, a collected volume in translation co-edited by Ainsley Morse, Maria Vassileva, and Maya Vinokour; this event marks the beginning of a...

February 8, 2018

Columbia University Press: A Quasquicentennial

Did you know that 2018 is CUP’s quasquicentennial? (Hint: the meaning of that word is in our new social media logo.) In honor of this great feat, we’re going to be treating you all to an inside look at CUP...

February 8, 2018

Free Fall: An Excerpt from Down the Up Staircase

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as...

February 7, 2018

By the time King was shot, everyone in Harlem was black

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Today we are happy to present an excerpt from the book’s first chapter. Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday...

February 6, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Album, Ethnic Avant-Garde, Nation Like All Others​ and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available: Album Unpublished Correspondence and Texts Roland Barthes. Translated by Jody Gladding The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America Edited by James Hudnut-Beumler and Mark Silk The Return of Bipolarity in World Politics...

February 6, 2018

Join author Kevin McGruder on Wednesday, Feb 7. The author of Race and Real Estate will be speaking at Revolutionary Books at 7 PM

In celebration of Black History Month, Kevin McGruder, author of Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem 1890-1920, will be speaking at Revolution Books tomorrow at 7 pm.   Join Author Kevin McGruder When: Wednesday, February 7 Time: 7 PM Location: Revolution Books 437 Malcolm...

February 5, 2018

Book Giveaway! Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as...

February 2, 2018

Weekly RoundUp

By  Joanne Raymond Great news everyone, the weekly roundup is back! Each Friday, staff member Joanne Raymound will be posting a brief overview of the latest news from academic publishers. As always, if you enjoy something or think that we...

February 1, 2018

“Modern Slavery” with Siddharth Kara

Contrary to what we may have learned in grammar school, slavery did not end with abolition in the 19th century. Contemporary or modern slavery wears a myriad of faces. Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of...

February 1, 2018

What is the Fairest Inequality of Income?

This week, our featured book is How Much Inequality Is Fair?: Mathematical Principles of a Moral, Optimal, and Stable Capitalist Society. Today, we are happy to present a guest post from author Venkat Venkatasubramaniani. Extreme economic inequality is widely seen as a...

January 31, 2018

An Interview with Venkat Venkatasubramanian, author of How Much Inequality is Fair?: Mathematical Principles of a Moral, Optimal, and Stable Capitalist Society

This week, our featured book is How Much Inequality Is Fair?: Mathematical Principles of a Moral, Optimal, and Stable Capitalist Society, Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author Venkat Venkatasubramanian. Q: The topic is obviously very important,...