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!

June 7, 2016

Introducing Black Gods of the Asphalt

Read an excerpt from the introduction to BLACK GODS OF THE ASPHALT: RELIGION, HIP-HOP, AND STREET BASKETBALL, by Onaje X. O. Woodbine.

June 7, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Irigaray and Marder on Vegetal Being, and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

June 3, 2016

Debunking the Myth That Lincoln Was Gay

Read an excerpt from an interview with Charles Strozier, author of YOUR FRIEND FOREVER, A. LINCOLN, originally published in THE DAILY BEAST, in which he discusses the character of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln’s friendship with Joshua Speed.

June 1, 2016

Introducing "Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln"

Read the preface to YOUR FRIEND FOREVER, A. LINCOLN: THE ENDURING FRIENDSHIP OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Charles B. Strozier.