January 29, 2015

The Role of Black and Latino Students in the 1968 Takeover of Columbia University — Frederick Douglass Opie

Frederick Douglass Opie on how Black and Latino students and student organizations worked with the Harlem community during the 1968 protests at Columbia.

January 28, 2015

Newly Elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the Future Europe Deserves

Read “The Destruction of Greece as a Model for All of Europe: Is This the Future That Europe Deserves?,” newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipris’s foreword to WHAT DOES EUROPE WANT, by Slavoj Žižek and Srecko Horvat.

January 28, 2015

Interview with Frederick Douglass Opie, author of "Upsetting the Apple Cart"

Read an interview with Frederick Douglass Opie about the history of Black-Latino relations in New York City.

January 27, 2015

Food, Unions, and Black-Latino Coalitions in New York City — Frederick Douglass Opie

One of the earliest coalitions among Blacks and Latinos in New York City was among hospital workers at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx. In the following excerpt from Upsetting the Apple Cart: Black-Latino Coalitions in New York City from Protest...

January 27, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Eric Walrond, The Reagan Era, Spirals, Cold War Modernists, and More New Books!

New books this week include a biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Eric Walrond; A look back at the lows and highs of the Reagan era; and an elegant analysis of spirals in 20th century literature and art.

January 23, 2015

Read Excerpts from the Diaries of Hollywood Legend Charles Brackett

Read excerpts from “It’s the Pictures That Got Small: Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood’s Golden Age”

January 23, 2015

University Press Roundup

Our weekly links roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

January 22, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: "Samuel Taylor's Last Night," by Joe Amato

Today’s Thursday Fiction Corner post features Joe Amato’s recently published novel, Samuel Taylor’s Last Night. Read reviews from the LARB and IHE, as well as a short excerpt from the novel!

January 22, 2015

What Charles Brackett Tells Us About the Films of Billy Wilder — Anthony Slide

Anthony Slide, editor of “‘It’s the Pictures That Got Small,” on the films of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.

January 21, 2015

An Interview with Anthony Slide, editor of "It's the Pictures That Got Small"

Read an interview with Anthony Slide, editor of “It’s the Pictures That Got Small: Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood’s Golden Age”

January 21, 2015

Mastering the Restaurant Wine List — Natalie Berkowitz

Natalie Berkowitz, author of “The Winemaker’s Hand: Conversations on Talent, Technique, and Terroir,” on how to order wine in a restaurant.

January 20, 2015

New Book Tuesday! Faces of Power, Latin Hitchcock, Picasso Ceramics, and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new books.