September 25, 2013

Of Modernism and Muscle Cars, Part 2 — Laura Frost

This is second part of Laura Frost’s essay “Of Modernism and Muscle Cars” (you can read part 1 here). Laura Frost is the author of The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and Its Discontents “Modern literature should be commemorated in all...

September 24, 2013

Of Modernism and Muscle Cars, Part 1 — A Post by Laura Frost

Laura Frost is the author of The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and Its Discontents, our featured book of the week: “Modernism constantly puts up … resistance and, even more audaciously, it asks its viewers to value, savor, and learn to...

September 24, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Are the Lips a Grave?, Radical Cosmopolitics, and More New Titles

Are the Lips a Grave?: A Queer Feminist on the Ethics of Sex Lynne Huffer Radical Cosmopolitics: The Ethics and Politics of Democratic Universalism James D. Ingram The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease,...

September 20, 2013

Rossano: Fear of Death, Joy of Life and the Origins of God

This week our featured book is Mortal Rituals: What the Story of the Andes Survivors Tells Us About Human Evolution, by Matt J. Rossano. (And don’t forget to enter our book giveaway for a chance to win a FREE copy...

September 20, 2013

University Press Roundup

Our University Press Roundup is our weekly collection of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers.

September 19, 2013

Cake and Immigration: A Recap of the Launch for Nancy Foner's "One Out of Three"

The above cake was part of last night’s celebration at the Tenement Museum for the launch of One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Nancy Foner. In addition to the delicious cake which featured...

September 18, 2013

Matt J. Rossano: The Ritual Species

This week our featured book is Mortal Rituals: What the Story of the Andes Survivors Tells Us About Human Evolution, by Matt J. Rossano. (And don’t forget to enter our book giveaway for a chance to win a FREE copy...

September 17, 2013

Excerpt: Matt J. Rossano's Preface and Introduction to Mortal Rituals

This week our featured book is Mortal Rituals: What the Story of the Andes Survivors Tells Us About Human Evolution, by Matt J. Rossano. In the Preface to Mortal Rituals, Rossano explains the general premise of his work on the...

September 17, 2013

New Book Tuesday: The Afrasian Imagination and an Award-Winner Now in Paper

Our weekly listing of new titles now available: Commerce with the Universe: Africa, India, and the Afrasian Imagination Gaurav Desai The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture (Now available in paper) Nerina Rustomji

September 13, 2013

University Press Roundup

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers! As always, if you particularly enjoy something or think that we missed an important post, please let us know in the comments. Do words matter?...

September 13, 2013

Julia Lovell on Zhu Wen

We conclude our week-long feature on The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China,with an excerpt from Julia Lovell’s Translator’s Preface to Zhu Wen’s earlier collection of short stories, I Love Dollars. Don’t forget to enter...

September 12, 2013

Interview with Writer and Filmmaker Zhu Wen

In keeping with our featured book this week, Zhu Wen’s The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan, we cover today a 2011 interview of Zhu Wen, conducted by the Wang Ge of Timeout Beijing. In the interview, Wang discusses...