December 5, 2014

Mathilde Roussel's drawings for The Philosopher's Plant, by Michael Marder

View our Pinterest board displaying Mathilde Roussel’s beautiful drawings that illustrate Michael Marder’s THE PHILOSOPHER’S PLANT.

December 5, 2014

Affective Habitus, Seeds: Michael Marder on "The Sense of Seeds"

Watch Michael Marder’s lecture on the spatial and temporal meaning of seeds as the vehicles for preserving and augmenting life.

December 4, 2014

Michael Marder talks to BOMB Magazine

Read an excerpt from an interview with Michael Marder, author of THE PHILOSOPHER’S PLANT, conducted by Monica Westin of BOMB Magazine.

December 3, 2014

Nietzsche's Jungle

Read a post adapted from Michael Marder’s discussion of the role of plants in Nietzsche’s thought in THE PHILOSOPHER’S PLANT.

December 2, 2014

Plant Lessons, by Luce Irigaray and Michael Marder

Read an article by Luce Irigaray and Michael Marder on the need for an “environmental pedagogy,” including some of the lessons that plant life can teach us.

December 2, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Four Revolutions, Ground Zero, Gass, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

December 1, 2014

Herbarium Philosophicum, by Michael Marder

Read “Herbarium Philosophicum,” Michael Marder’s prologue to THE PHILOSOPHER’S PLANT.

December 1, 2014

New Columbia University Press Website!

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a redesigned Columbia University Press website!

November 26, 2014

Doughnuts as Thanksgiving Food and the Early History of the Holiday in NYC

The surprising history of doughnuts and Thanksgiving as explained by Andrew Smith, a contributor to “Gastropolis”

November 25, 2014

New Book Tuesday! Billy Wilder, Zizek, The Best American Magazine Writing & More!

Our weekly listing of new titles includes “It’s the Pictures That Got Small”: Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood’s Golden Age and The Best American Magazine Writing 2014

November 24, 2014

How to Cook Your Thanksgiving Turkey in the Dishwasher!? Herve This Explains

Herve This explains how to cook a turkey in the dishwasher and dispenses some other turkey-related advice just in time for Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2014

Columbia University Press Open House Event at the Columbia University Bookstore

Join us for a special open house at the Columbia University Bookstore on December 3 at 6:00 pm!