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.

May 31, 2016

The New World of Male Friendship

Read a guest post by Charles Strozier, author of YOUR FRIEND FOREVER, A. LINCOLN, in which he gives an overview of the close male friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed, and explains why that friendship has become such a touchstone for controversy.

May 31, 2016

New Books This Week: Exhaustion, The Evolution of Money, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available.

May 27, 2016

Can Business Help Stop Global Warming and the Other Four Horsemen? — Daniel Callahan

Daniel Callahan’s list of businesses and industry partnerships trying to stop global warming and other environmental and social problems.

May 25, 2016

Fat: To Be Or Not To Be? — Daniel Callahan

Daniel Callahan, author of “The Five Horsemen of the Modern World,” on how society must address and describe obesity in new ways.

May 24, 2016

An Interview with Daniel Callahan, author of "The Five Horsemen of the Modern World"

“At the heart of the progress problem is that we usually do not want to stop progress, and don’t know how to do so even when we need to try.”—Daniel Callahan The following is an interview with Daniel Callahan, author...