June 29, 2015

Columbia University Press to Publish New Translations of Russian Literature

   We were very excited to read today’s New York Times included an article on our ambitious and very exciting new series of Russian literature in translation. The series, tentatively titled the Russian Library (on Twitter at @RusLibrary) will publish...

June 26, 2015

Same-Sex Marriage – Game Over?

Read a guest post by Ludger Viefhues-Bailey on the current state of the public and political debate over marriage equality, in light of today’s Supreme Court ruling.

June 26, 2015

Be Good and Enjoy

Read an excerpt from “Concluding Questions,” the final chapter of HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 25, 2015

Religion and Morality

Read two chapters, “God and Morality” and “Heaven and Hell,” excerpted from HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LIVING WELL, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 24, 2015

Robert Talisse's Foreword to "Happiness and Goodness"

Read Robert Talisse’s Foreword to HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LIVING WELL, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 23, 2015

Wasted Lives?

Read an excerpt from “Wasted Lives,” the second chapter of HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 23, 2015

New Book Tuesday

Our weekly listing of new titles includes new literary studies books from Ibidem Press

June 19, 2015

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of blog posts from the world of university presses.

June 19, 2015

American Radicalism, Progressivism, and the Legacy of Henry George

Henry George’s profound impact on progressive thought, labor activism, and American political culture.

June 18, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: Portrait of the Artist as a Thrusting Spiral

Extending the concept of Bloomsday to Bloomsweek, we take a look at James Joyce for our Thursday Fiction Corner. Specifically, we feature a short excerpt from Nico Israel’s Spirals: The Whirled Image in the Twentieth-Century Literature and Art, in which...

June 18, 2015

Henry George Runs for Mayor of New York City

Read an excerpt from “Henry George and the Crisis of Inequality,” on George’s surprising and surprisingly successful run for New York City mayor as the progressive candidate.

June 17, 2015

Was Henry George the 19th-Century Thomas Piketty?

The similarities between Henry George and Thomas Piketty in their critiques of capitalism and their status as surprising best-selling authors.