November 4, 2014

A Recipe for Chop Suey from Chop Suey, USA

In Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America, Yong Chen explores the rise of Chinese food in America and how it became ubiquitous in the American gastronomic landscape. Epitomized by chop suey, American Chinese food was a...

November 4, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Kristeva on Teresa and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new books: Teresa, My Love: An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila Julia Kristeva Moral Hazard in Health Insurance Amy Finkelstein The Question of the Animal and Religion: Theoretical Stakes, Practical Implications Aaron S. Gross...

October 31, 2014

University Press Roundup: Halloween Edition

Welcome to our Friday roundup of this week’s spookiest university press blog posts. As usual, feel free to stop by the comments if there’s anything you find particularly ghoulish! We begin by embracing John Hopkins University Press’s call for a...

October 31, 2014

Preface to Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia

“But I think [Tim] under­stood that if his story could help change the way we think and move us to action, it was worth telling. Plus, he loves me, and I love him.”—Paul Gionfriddo We conclude our week-long feature on...

October 30, 2014

Paul Gionfriddo — "The Dangers of Stage 4 Thinking about Serious Mental Illnesses"

In the following post, Paul Gionfriddo, author of Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia, argues for the importance of early detection in mental health.

October 30, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: Haïlji and The Republic of Užupis

In a post from earlier this year we featured the recently launched Library of Korean Literature Series, published by Dalkey Archive Press. Next week, Dalkey and the Korean Cultural Centre UK are having a big, two-event launch party on November...

October 30, 2014

Lawrence Cunningham Discusses "Berkshire Beyond Buffett" at Google

In the following video from his talk at Google, Lawrence Cunningham’s discusses his new book Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values:

October 29, 2014

Losing Tim, Losing Time — Paul Gionfriddo

Paul Gionfriddo examines how our mental health policies are failing children in need and what can be done about it.

October 29, 2014

An Evening with Herve This and Note-By-Note Cooking

An evening with Herve This and Adam Gopnik at the Columbia Maison Francaise to discuss “Note-by-Note Cooking: The Future of Food”.

October 28, 2014

An Interview with Paul Gionfriddo, author of "Losing Tim"

The following is an interview with Paul Gionfriddo, author of Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia: Question: Losing Tim is a policy memoir, a reflection on your life as much as Tim’s. Can...

October 28, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Shanghai Homes, The Domestication of Language, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books includes “Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life,” by Jie Li, “The Domestication of Language: Cultural Evolution and the Uniqueness of the Human Animal,” by Daniel Cloud; and more new books!

October 24, 2014

B*E*R*K*S*H*I*R*E — The Values of Warren Buffett

Lawrence Cunningham, author of “Berkshire Beyond Buffett,” explains the values that have made Berkshire Hathway so successful and will insure its future profitability.