May 10, 2016

Buddhism, Psychedelic Spirituality, and the Religious Landscape of America

Read the preface to Douglas Osto’s ALTERED STATES: BUDDHISM AND PSYCHEDELIC SPIRITUALITY IN AMERICA.

May 10, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Retreat from a Rising Sea, Karl Polanyi, and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available

May 6, 2016

On "Imagine"

In today’s excerpt from A NONE’S STORY, Corinna Nicolaou looks at the complex reaction to CeeLo Green’s cover version of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

May 5, 2016

Corinna Nicolaou on Jihad

Corinna Nicolaou visits the new multifaith chapel in the Pentagon and examines the disconnect between common perceptions of Islam and her experiences learning about it, in this excerpt from A NONE’S STORY.

May 5, 2016

Thursday Poetry Corner: C. D. Wright

Lizzie Tribone discusses the powerful poetry of C. D. Wright, as seen in Wright’s chapbook FLAME, part of the Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011 collection WORDS AND THE WORLD.

May 4, 2016

What Is Intellectual Freedom Today?

Santiago Zabala discusses the idea of intellectual freedom through the lens of recently deceased artistic and intellectual innovators.

May 4, 2016

The Future of Spiritual Practice

Read “The Future of Spiritual Practice,” an article crossposted from One None Gets Some, the blog of Corinna Nicolaou.

May 3, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Laruelle, The Other Catholics, Auge, Hunting Girls, and More New Books!

Theory of Identities François Laruelle; Translated by Alyosha Edlebi The Other Catholics: Remaking America’s Largest Religion Julie Byrne Everyone Dies Young: Time Without Age Marc Augé. Translated by Jody Gladding Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from The Hunger Games to Campus...

May 3, 2016

Corinna Nicolaou on Christianity

Corinna Nicolaou lays out her goals for A NONE’S STORY and takes a close look at Christianity in this excerpt.

April 29, 2016

What Can Poetry Do?

Read excerpts from The Chinese University Press’s newest International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong anthology: POETRY AND CONFLICT.

April 29, 2016

The Plays of Gao Xingjian

A look at the plays of Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian, available through Chinese University Press.

April 28, 2016

An Overview of the Inaugural Russian Library Titles

An Overview of the Inaugural Russian Library Titles: Fourteen Little Red Huts and Other Plays, Strolls with Pushkin, and Between Dog and Wolf.