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May 25, 2011

Voices from Iraq: The Return of an Exile

“What I did not understand was how much damage had been done to the minds of Iraqi people. I was naive.” In Voices from Iraq: A People’s History, 2003-2009, Mithal Al-Alusi describes his return to Iraq after nearly thirty years...

May 24, 2011

Voices from Iraq: Omar Yousef Hussein, Insurgent

“We made our way to the road. There were some shepherds there with sheep. They saw us planting the bomb but said nothing. It all seemed like a game, honestly.” The following excerpt from Voices from Iraq: A People’s History,...

May 24, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Two for Tuesday from Columbia Business School Publishing

Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Toolkit for Managers Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie Pandora’s Risk: Uncertainty at the Core of Finance Kent Osband Capturing Carbon: The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change Robin M. Mills A History...

May 23, 2011

Voices from Iraq: Ali Al-Shaheen

“I cried for Iraq. To me the fall of that statue was a symbol for the fall of the country, not just one dictator.” Mark Kukis’s Voices from Iraq: A People’s History, 2003-2009 collects testimonies from a wide range of...

May 20, 2011

William Egginton on the Rapture

The following post is by William Egginton, author of In Defense of Religious Moderation. Let’s face it. Looking forward to May 22, 2011, as a day to laugh in the face of apocalypse-nowers makes about as much sense as getting...

May 20, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmith to appear at the NYPL for a Believer event.

Fresh off his reading at the White House, Kenneth Goldsmith, author of the forthcoming Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, will join Dick Cavett, Lorin Stein and others tomorrow at 1 pm for an event at the New...

May 20, 2011

Interview with William Egginton, author of In Defense of Religious Moderation

The following is an interview with William Egginton, author of t In Defense of Religious Moderation, and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University. Question: What are everyday fundamentalisms? William Egginton: Physicists Stephen Hawking and...

May 19, 2011

Brent Stockwell on The Quest for the Cure

Brent Stockwell discusses his new book The Quest for the Cure: The Science and Stories Behind the Next Generation of Medicines. The book explores the history of drug development, the challenges facing scientists and promising research approaches, including some in...

May 18, 2011

Interview with Stephen Schryer, author of "Fantasies of the New Class"

The following is an interview with Stephen Schryer, author of Fantasies of the New Class: Ideologies of Professionalism in Post–World War II American Fiction. Q. What drew you to the topic of professionalism in post–World War II American fiction? Stephen...

May 17, 2011

New Book Tuesday — In Defense of Religious Moderation

New books now available: In Defense of Religious Moderation William Egginton Tamil Love Poetry: The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Ainkurunuru Translated and edited by Martha Ann Selby Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War Sarmila Bose Religion,...

May 16, 2011

Howard Marks Discusses The Most Important Thing on DealBook

Howard Marks was recently interviewed on the New York Times‘s blog DealBook to discuss his new book The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor. Marks describes how the book built upon the letter he has been writing...

May 13, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmtih on Uncreative Writing at Pennsylvania Avenue

At the risk of being uncreative ourselves, we are offering a second post on Kenneth Goldsmith and Billy Collins’s events at the White House. (Hey, how often do you have an author read at the White House? Let alone two?)...