September 16, 2016

Resistance Against Criminal Identities

Read an excerpt from the third chapter of EXILED IN AMERICA: LIFE ON THE MARGINS IN A RESIDENTIAL MOTEL, by Christopher Dum.

September 15, 2016

People on Food Stamps Aren’t Feasting on Filet Mignon

Read an article by Christopher Dum, author of EXILED IN AMERICA: LIFE ON THE MARGINS IN A RESIDENTIAL MOTEL, in which Dum argues that regulations dictating how the poor can spend government aid are unnecessary and counterproductive.

September 14, 2016

Photos of Life in the Broadway Motel

View photographs of the Broadway Motel, taken in the course of Christopher P. Dum’s research for EXILED IN AMERICA: LIFE ON THE MARGINS IN A RESIDENTIAL MOTEL.

September 13, 2016

Introducing "Exiled in America"

Read Christopher P. Dum’s preface to EXILED IN AMERICA: LIFE ON THE MARGINS IN A RESIDENTIAL MOTEL!

September 13, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Data Love, The Gnostic New Age, and More New Books

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

September 9, 2016

Carrie Preston On Being a Scholar-Teacher-Student

Carrie Preston, author of “Learning to Kneel,” on how scholarly research learning Noh influenced her ideas about teaching.

September 8, 2016

Michael Orthofer and Tyler Cowen Talk about and Shop for Books

Earlier this summer, Michael Orthofer, author of “The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction,” videotaped two conversations with Tyler Cowen about the importance of reading world literature and how to choose your next book.

September 8, 2016

With and After Orientalism — Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston, author of “Learning to Kneel,” on drawing on other cultures without appropriation.

September 7, 2016

An Interview with Carrie Preston, author of "Learning to Kneel"

Carrie Preston discusses how Noh training shaped her book, the challenges of cross-cultural scholarship, and how modernists drew on Japanese traditions in their work.

September 6, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Capital and the Common Good, Exiled in America, and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

September 1, 2016

Alan Schroeder on How Twitter is Changing Presidential Debates

Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates, looks back to the 2012 debates to examine the profound effect of social media on presidential campaigns.

August 31, 2016

An Interview with Jenny Davidson, author of "Reading Style"

Read our interview with Jenny Davidson about her book “Reading Style,” which is now available in paper.