May 9, 2011

The Burial of Osama Bin Laden — an Op-Ed by Leor Halevi

Barack Obama and the U.S. government made it clear that Osama bin Laden was buried in strict accordance with Muslim law. But how accurate is this statement? In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, Leor Halevi, author of...

May 9, 2011

Howard Marks on CNBC

Howard Marks, author of The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor, was recently interviewed on CNBC. Among other issues, Marks discussed the impossibility of intelligently investing in commodities; how best to value a company; and the prospects...

May 6, 2011

Mr. Goldsmith Goes to Washington

We were very excited to hear that Kenneth Goldsmith, author of the forthcoming Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age has been invited to read at the White House on Thursday, May 11 beginning at 7:00 pm! The event,...

May 5, 2011

Korean Fiction

Chad Post has a great post on the Three Percent blog about what sounded like a very lively panel on Korean fiction during the Pen World Voices Festival held last week. Entitled, “Word from Asia: Contemporary Writing from Korea,” the...

May 4, 2011

New Book Tuesday (Wednesday Edition)

We got a little bit behind but here our list of newly released titles: Pakistan: Beyond the “Crisis State” Edited by Maleeha Lodhi Pretty: Film and the Decorative Image Rosalind Galt Film and Stereotype: A Challenge for Cinema and Theory...

May 3, 2011

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April 29, 2011

Mobilizing the Community for Better Health: Columbia University and Northern Manhattan

A recent article in The Record recounts how community groups led by Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine, Alianza Dominicana, Inc. and Harlem Hospital Center helped 30,000 residents of Washington Heights, Inwood and Harlem get health insurance, immunized 8,000 children,...

April 28, 2011

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam on The Metahistory of the Clash of Civilizations

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, author of The Metahistory of the Clash of Civilizations: Us and Them Beyond Orientalism recently gave a fascinating interview about his book at e-IR as well as offering commentary about the situation in Bahrain for CNN. In his...

April 27, 2011

Tulasi Srinivas on the Death of Shri Sathya Sai Baba

Over the weekend more than 2 million followers mourned the recent death of Guru Shri Sathya Sai Baba, one of the leading religious figures in India. The Takeaway interviewed Tulasi Srinivas, author of Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism...

April 26, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Nomadic Subjects Revised and The Death of Philosophy

The following books are now available: Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory, Revised Edition Rosi Braidotti The Death of Philosophy: Reference and Self-reference in Contemporary Thought Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel Mencius (Now available in paper) Mencius; Translated by...

April 25, 2011

The Legacy of Jacques Derrida — Peggy Kamuf's "To Follow"

“If Derrida’s legacy is to survive into the future, you’ve got to read this book”—Elissa Marder, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Peggy Kamuf has been one of the leading translators and readers of Jacques Derrida in English. Her most recent work,...

April 22, 2011

The Most Important Thing — A Good Money Move

In their annual list of new ideas about how to make the most of your money, the editors from Money Magazine suggested reading The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor, by Howard Marks. Money writes, Warren Buffett...