June 22, 2016

Is New York City Prepared for Climate Change? — An Excerpt from Retreat from a Rising Sea

The authors of “Retreat from a Rising Sea,” argue that NYC is the best prepared U.S. for climate change but a lot still must be done.

June 21, 2016

Orrin Pilkey on the Costs of Ignoring the Rising Sea

Orrin Pilkey, coauthor of “Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change,” on the erosion of coastal areas and what can be done.

June 21, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Appetite for Innovation, The Psycho Records, and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

June 17, 2016

A Media Roundup for "The Other Catholics"

Catch up on all the media coverage of Julie Byrne’s THE OTHER CATHOLICS: REMAKING AMERICA’S LARGEST RELIGION.

June 16, 2016

Guadalupe Stays Street

Read a post on a Virgin of Guadalupe festival in Queens by Julie Byrne, author of “The Other Catholics: Remaking America’s Largest Religion”

June 15, 2016

The Other Catholics Book Tour

Check out the schedule for Julie Byrne’s book tour for THE OTHER CATHOLICS: REMAKING AMERICA’S LARGEST RELIGION!

June 14, 2016

Introducing "The Other Catholics"

Read the introduction to THE OTHER CATHOLICS: REMAKING AMERICA’S LARGEST RELIGION, by Julie Byrne.

June 10, 2016

A Media Roundup for "Black Gods of the Asphalt"

Catch up on all the media coverage of Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s BLACK GODS OF THE ASPHALT: RELIGION, HIP-HOP, AND STREET BASKETBALL

June 9, 2016

Thursday Fiction Corner: Many Annas Karenina

A brief comment on Janet Malcolm’s recent piece in the New York Review of Books on translations of Anna Karenina.

June 9, 2016

The Creation of "Black Gods of the Asphalt"

Read an excerpt from an interview of Onaje X. O. Woodbine, author of BLACK GODS OF THE ASPHALT: RELIGION, HIP-HOP, AND STREET BASKETBALL, by Matthew Reed Baker. The interview originally appeared in Boston Magazine.

June 8, 2016

Listen to Onaje X. O. Woodbine on All Things Considered

Listen to a fantastic interview with Onaje X. O. Woodbine, author of BLACK GODS OF THE ASPHALT: RELIGION, HIP-HOP, AND STREET BASKETBALL, on NPR’s All Things Considered.

June 8, 2016

Columbia University Press wins big at the New York Book Show

The winners for the New York Book Show (an annual design competition hosted by the Book Industry Guild of New York) were announced last week. We’re proud to share that Columbia University Press won in eight categories this year!