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?)...

May 12, 2011

Interview with Whitney Strub, author of Perversion for Profit

The following is an interview with Whitney Strub, author of Perversion for Profit: The Politics of Pornography and the Rise of the New Right Question: Why “Perversion for Profit”? Won’t people think the book is about the economics of the...

May 11, 2011

Despite Sarah Palin's Protestations Kenneth Goldsmith to Read at White House

Just a reminder that Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, will be reading tonight at 7:00 pm at the White House for a special event celebrating American poetry. The event will be streamed live...

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...