September 11, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: An Interview with Dorothy Tse, author of Snow and Shadow

“I don’t regard my stories as departing from conventionally understood reality. I think humans are adapting and transforming themselves in radical ways. If we can eat meat made in a science lab, then it’s possible for a woman to change...

September 10, 2014

VIDEOS: Edward Hess Presents Chapters from "Learn or Die" (Part 1)

On Monday, as part of the giveaway for Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization, we featured a video with Edward Hess in which he provides an overview of the book. In conjunction with the book,...

September 10, 2014

Richard Suchenski on the Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien

On Friday, September 12, 2014, the Museum of the Moving Image will launch a retrospective of the films by Taiwan’s celebrated director Hou Hsiao-hsien. In conjunction with the retrospective, Richard Suchenski, editor of Hou Hsiao-hsien will join Columbia film scholar...

September 9, 2014

Interview with Edward Hess, Author of "Learn or Die"

An interview with Edward Hess, author of Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization.

September 9, 2014

New Books Tuesday: Learn or Die, Starve and Immolate, and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new books now available: Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization Edward Hess Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons Banu Bargu The Culture of the Book in Tibet (Now available...

September 9, 2014

An Interview With Edward Hess

The following is an interview with Edward Hess, author of Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization:nnQuestion: What is the purpose of Learn or Die?nnEdward Hess: The book uses the science of learning to answer two important questions:nnFirst,...

September 5, 2014

University Press Blog Round Up: Rock n Roll, Cooking with Publishers, the Surprisingly Funny Middle Ages, and More!

Our weekly list of some of the most compelling posts (and videos!) from the wide world of university press blogs: Greil Marcus on the ten songs that define rock n roll history. (Yale University Press) Natalie Fingerhut, history editor at...

September 5, 2014

Dean Starkman: Wrecking an Economy Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

“We know the banks are eager to put the scandal of the financial crisis behind them. What’s disturbing is that, in the name of deference, convenience, or something darker, the Justice Department is letting them do just that.”—Dean Starkman In...

September 4, 2014

Interview with James Liebman, Author of "The Wrong Carlos"

“If you want money, you rob banks. If you want to study executions, you go to Texas.”—James Liebman A few weeks ago we featured The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution by James Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project...

September 4, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: Vice Celebrates 30 Years of Dalkey Archive

A recent article by Blake Butler published in Vice celebrated 30 years of Dalkey Archive Press. In recognizing the singular achievement of Dalkey, Butler wrote: For the past 30 years Dalkey Archive has quietly and consistently been a vital aesthetic...

September 3, 2014

Abominable Science! Wins a AAUP Design Award!

Congratulations to designer Philip Pascuzzo and our design department for winning an AAUP award for best book jacket for Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids by Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero. Needless to say,...

September 3, 2014

Back to School with Anne Campbell — Mike Chasar

The following post is by Mike Chasar, author of Everyday Reading: Poetry and Popular Culture in Modern America. The essay was also published in Arcade: A little less than a year back, I wrote about Edgar Guest, the longtime poet...