September 14, 2011

Paul Pillar Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Intelligence Failures

As mentioned in previous posts, in his new book Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, Paul Pillar confronts the intelligence myths Americans have come to rely on to explain national tragedies, including the belief that intelligence...

September 14, 2011

Richard Locke at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Richard Locke, author of the just-published Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels, will be moderating what sounds like will be a great panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival at 10:00 A.M.: Kids on the Skids Kevin...

September 13, 2011

Paul Pillar on the Dark Side

In 2006, Paul Pillar, author of Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, appeared on the Frontline documentary The Dark Side, which examined how then-Vice President Richard Cheney pushed to expand executive power, transform America’s intelligence agencies...

September 13, 2011

Clarence Taylor at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Continuing our feature on Columbia University Press authors, who will be at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday, we look at Clarence Taylor’s new book Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union. Reds...

September 13, 2011

New Book Tuesday: What Does A Jew Want?

What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters Udi Aloni; With Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler The Fate of Wonder: Wittgenstein’s Critique of Metaphysics and Modernity Kevin M. Cahill Governance Without a State?: Policies and Politics...

September 12, 2011

Paul Pillar on the Pretend Fix of U.S. Intelligence

“Ten years ought to be enough time for Americans to get over their overwhelming post-9/11 need for catharsis and reassurance and to look more critically at what was done for that purpose, including measures that pretend to be fixing something...

September 12, 2011

Antonio Gramsci's Letters from Prison: An Interview with the Editor Frank Rosengarten

The following is an interview with Frank Rosengarten, editor of Antonio Gramsci’s Letters from Prison, volumes 1 and 2, which has recently been released in paperback editions. Question: How would you explain the worldwide interest in Antonio Gramsci’s Letters from...

September 12, 2011

Hillary Chute at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Four different Columbia University Press authors will be participating in the upcoming Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 18th. The festival has become one of the major literary events in New York City and one of the largest of its...

September 9, 2011

The Zones of Sadness from September 11th

“It’s suddenly critically important to keep that kernel of humanness. It’s not optional anymore. There’s something that keeps human beings human and we’d better understand it and share it.”—Rosemary We conclude our focus on Until the Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11...

September 8, 2011

Charles Strozier interviewed on the Crime Report

We continue our focus on Charles Strozier’s book Until the Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11 and New York City in the Words and Experiences of Survivors and Witnesses by featuring a recent interview he gave with the website The Crime Report....

September 7, 2011

Interview with Lingzhen Wang, editor of Chinese Women's Cinema: Transnational Contexts

The following is an interview with Lingzhen Wang, author of Chinese Women’s Cinema: Transnational Contexts. Question: How influenced were Chinese women directors by the sexual revolution happening in the ’70s in the Western world? Lingzhen Wang: Not that much at...

September 6, 2011

Charles Strozier on WBAI

The following is a recent interview WBAI with Charles Strozier, author of Until the Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11 and New York City in the Words and Experiences of Survivors and Witnesses. *Charles Strozier will be discussing the book tonight at...