January 10, 2021

Video: Eric Hayot in Conversation with Paul Saint-Amour about Humanist Reason

 “[Humanist Reason] is not another anxious apology or resentful jeremiad about the decline of the humanities. This is a confident and liberating gift that shows us how and why to practice humanist reason now.” —Chad Wellmon, coauthor of Permanent...

January 9, 2021

Peter Coviello’s Playlist for Vineland Reread

“Here is a mash note, a fan’s riff, a sizzling study of Pynchon’s most misapprehended book. . . . ” —Sam Lipsyte, author of Hark Today’s MLA featured post is a playlist from Peter Coviello to accompany his new book Vineland Reread, a...

January 9, 2021

Hubert Harrison and Contemporary Struggles for Racial Equality

By Jeffrey B. Perry

“This long-awaited final volume guides us through the last decade of Harrison’s life, when he played a major role in the political upheavals and cultural transformations that shaped Harlem in the wake of the First World War. Thanks to Perry’s...

January 8, 2021

Video: Four Reasons to Reread A Visit from the Goon Squad

 “A brilliant investigation … Ivan Kreilkamp is a music critic as well as a literary scholar, versed in both Middlemarch and Minor Threat, so he brings revelatory insight into Egan’s punk-inspired story of time lost and time regained.” —Rob...

January 8, 2021

Q&A: Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz on Asian Place, Filipino Nation

“In restoring the intellectual history of the Philippine Revolution, at long last, to its pan-Asian context, Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz offers a startling new perspective not only on the history of the Philippines in that era but on the evolution of...

January 7, 2021

Announcing Our 2021 Literary Studies Catalog

Letter from the Editors: We are pleased to present the 2021 Columbia University Press literary studies catalog. The past year was a challenging one on many fronts and we hope the books in this catalog reflect the various ways in...

January 7, 2021

Q&A: Sunny Xiang on Tonal Intelligence

“Tonal Intelligence boldly rethinks race and self-representation by theorizing tone as a way to read racial meaning. Sunny Xiang’s ambitious remit and strikingly original conceptualizations offer a powerful reconfiguration of aesthetics, affect, and the geopolitical.” —Jini Kim Watson, author of...

January 7, 2021

Browse Our MLA Virtual Book Exhibit with Philip Leventhal

Welcome to the Columbia University Press virtual exhibit for the MLA conference. I am Philip Leventhal, editor for literary studies, and while it is disappointing not to have the opportunity to see everyone in person at MLA this year, I...

January 7, 2021

Browse Our AHA Virtual Book Exhibit with Caelyn Cobb

Hello and welcome to the Columbia University Press American Historical Association virtual exhibit, coming live—once again—from our socially distanced homes to yours. I’m Caelyn Cobb, the editor for global history, and I’m so disappointed not to see any of your...

January 6, 2021

Announcing Our 2021 History Catalog

Letter from the Editors: We are pleased to present the 2021 history catalog from Columbia University Press. We have a slate of new books that unearth the origins of our global crises in capitalism, the international order, and conflicts over...

January 5, 2021

Proving Hamlet Wrong: Doubt and Action in the Life of Albert Hirschman

By Michele Alacevich

“This wonderful book offers new insights on a giant of the social sciences. Alacevich places Hirschman’s work in intellectual context and traces its long arc of influence to our day.” —Dani Rodrik, author of Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for...

January 5, 2021

Video: Mark Blyth on Global Trumpism and the Future of the Global Economy

“With considerable sophistication and a good dose of humor, this book dissects the popular anger that has made our economics unsustainable and our politics dysfunctional. Lonergan and Blyth rightly call for a reset of our current model of capitalism. To...