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.

January 16, 2015

University Press Roundup

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

January 15, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: "The Tingling, Tangling Tango as 'tis Tripped at Coney Island," by Djuna Barnes

Read “The Tingling, Tangling Tango as ’tis Tripped at Coney Island,” a short peace originally published in the Eagle in 1914, by Djuna Barnes, excerpted from A CONEY ISLAND READER.

January 15, 2015

Discouraging North American and European Citizens from Foreign Jihad

Read a guest post from Neil Krishan Aggarwal, author of MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WAR ON TERROR, in which he discusses a recent New York Times article on efforts to “stem the flow of their citizens traveling to fight in war zones in Muslim countries.”

January 14, 2015

An interview with Daniel Yacavone, author of "Film Worlds"

Read a Q&A with Daniel Yacavone, the author of FILM WORLDS: A PHILOSOPHICAL AESTHETICS OF CINEMA.

January 13, 2015

National Security Above Mental Health — Neil Aggarwal

Neil Krishnan Aggarwal, author of “Mental Health in the War on Terror: Culture, Science, and Statecraft,” on the Senate report on CIA torture and the role of psychiatrists.

January 13, 2015

Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror

Read an excerpt from “Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror,” the first chapter of MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WAR ON TERROR, by Neil Krishan Aggarwal.

January 13, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Post-Blackness, Plastic Reality, and More New Books!

Our weekly list of new books now available!