May 17, 2013

The Robin Hood Foundation: An Introduction

Today, we will finish up our week featuring The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving, Michael M. Weinstein and Ralph M. Bradburd, with a post explaining what the Robin Hood Foundation is and how it attempts to address the problem...

May 16, 2013

James Franco Calls Uncreative Writing "Good"

We were delighted and pleasantly surprised to see that James Franco, the actor, writer, and doctoral candidate (among other things), recently featured a photo of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age by Kenneth Goldsmith on his website. Below...

May 16, 2013

Video: The Robin Hood Foundation Approach

Watch a couple of videos featuring Michael Weinstein explaining the ins and outs of the Robin Hood Foundation approach to smart giving.

May 15, 2013

Poetry: The News that Stays News — Stephen Burt

“So where did this idea come about that poems are the opposite of journalism, that poets do what reporters cannot, and vice versa?”—Stephen Burt The following post by Stephen Burt was originally published on Nieman Reports. In the post Stephen...

May 15, 2013

Michael M. Weinstein – The Robin Hood Foundation and "Relentless Monetization"

Read a guest post from Michael Weinstein, in which he explains how The Robin Hood Foundation decides what to fund when there are so many important programs that need funding.

May 15, 2013

Stephanie Hepburn Discusses Her New Book Human Trafficking Around the World

The following video is from Stephanie Hepburn’s recent talk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Ethics to discuss her book, co-authored with Rita Simon, Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight :

May 14, 2013

Michael Weinstein and Ralph Bradburd: "An Overview of Relentless Monetization"

Read an excerpt from The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving.

May 14, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Social Acceleration, Donna Haraway, Shivers, and More

Our weekly list of new titles: Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity Hartmut Rosa Beyond the Cyborg: Adventures with Donna Haraway Margret Grebowicz and Helen Merrick Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View (Now available in...

May 13, 2013

The Cinema of Stephen Soderbergh

Interested in Stephen Soderbergh? If so, Andrew deWaard and R. Colin Tait, the authors of The Cinema of Stephen Soderbergh, have created a web site devoted to news about the director. Recently they’ve posted on: * Soderbergh’s twitter novella (written...

May 10, 2013

University Press Roundup: Snob Zones, The Great Gatsby, Mother's Day Recipes, and More!

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: Snob Zones? The...

May 10, 2013

Maureen Freely on Translating Orhan Pamuk

“[Translators] are witnesses, with tales to tell. We are writers, with our own voices. Whenever we see literary culture distorted for political advantage, it matters very much that we speak.”—Maureen Freely, from “Misreading Orhan Pamuk” In her essay “Misreading Orhan...

May 9, 2013

Lawrence Friedman discusses The Lives of Erich Fromm on The Leonard Lopate Show

Earlier this week, Lawrence Friedman, author of The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love’s Prophet, appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show, to discuss the book and the life and legacy of Erich Fromm: