February 24, 2017

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

February 22, 2017

Spectacles Vehement and Untutored and Rude: Reading David Foster Wallace in the Age of Trump

“David Foster Wallace, who grew up in Illinois and taught there for many years, understood the perennial appeal of conservatism to middle America.”

February 21, 2017

New Book Tuesday: the Limits of Materialism, American Power in the Asia Pacific, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

February 21, 2017

An Interview with Jeffrey Severs, Author of "David Foster Wallace's Balancing Books"

Jeffrey Severs discusses the fiction of David Foster Wallace.

February 17, 2017

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

February 16, 2017

Boom and bust returns as oil market loses its swing

Read an article that originally appeared in the Financial Times by Robert McNally, author of CRUDE VOLATILITY: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF BOOM-BUST OIL PRICES!

February 15, 2017

Old Numbers, New Data

An excerpt and graphs from CRUDE VOLATILITY: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF BOOM-BUST OIL PRICES, by Robert McNally!

February 15, 2017

Trump's Strange Loves

Read a post by Mick Broderick, author of RECONSTRUCTING STRANGELOVE: INSIDE STANLEY KUBRICK’S “NIGHTMARE COMEDY,” on Donald Trump and Dr. Strangelove, as part of our series of blog posts on the 2016 election and beyond.

February 14, 2017

The Texas Paradox

Read the introduction to CRUDE VOLATILITY: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF BOOM-BUST OIL PRICES, by Robert McNally!

February 14, 2017

New Book Tuesday: Journalism After Snowden, Art Nouveau and Film History, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

February 10, 2017

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

February 10, 2017

Fact or Fiction: how much do you know about the future of the US economy?

Take a quiz based on BUILDING THE NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY: SMART, FAIR, AND SUSTAINABLE, by Jeffrey D. Sachs, with a foreword by Bernie Sanders!