November 17, 2010

Gary Francione on the Abolitionist Approach

On his blog Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach, Gary Francione, most recently the author of The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation, writes a series of commentaries/podcasts. In the most recent installment, “The Animal Rights Debate,” the Abolitionist Approach Discussion...

November 16, 2010

Jonathan Soffer interviewed about Ed Koch by the New York Press

In a just-published interview with the New York Press, Jonathan Soffer, author of Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City, weighs in on a variety of Koch-related topics, ranging from his distinctive and often abrasive personality and his...

November 12, 2010

The Green Life recommends Whaling in Japan: Power, Politics, and Diplomacy

Recently the Sierra Club’s blog, The Green Life, ran a round-up of new recommended books on environmental governance. Jun Morikawa’s excellent new study of the politics of Japan’s whaling industry, Whaling in Japan: Power, Politics, and Diplomacy was listed and...

November 11, 2010

Siddharth Kara Wins the Frederick Douglass Book Prize

We were very excited to learn that Siddharth Kara won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. The prize goes to the best book written in English on slavery or abolition....

November 10, 2010

Obama’s new bid to engage the Muslim World — A Post by Roger Hardy

In light of Obama’s trip to Indonesia, Roger Hardy, author of The Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam, looks at the administration’s attempts to wins the “hearts and minds” of the Muslim world in an op-ed on the BBC....

November 9, 2010

An Interview with B. Alan Wallace

The following is an interview with B. Alan Wallace, author of Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice coming out Fall 2011. In this interview Wallace reflects on some of the major ideas...

November 9, 2010

New Book Tuesday

The following books are now available: The Columbia History of the Vietnam War Edited by David L. Anderson Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties Sheldon Krimsky and Tania Simoncelli Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody Carolyn...

November 8, 2010

Jeffrey Perry Interviewed by Laura Flanders on GRITTV

Jeffrey Perry’s biography Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 is now available in paperback. Here is an interview with Jeffrey Perry on Grittv.com with Laura Flanders.

November 5, 2010

University Press Blog Roundup

To showcase the richness of university press publishing, every so often we like to highlight interesting and provocative items from other university press blogs. Apologies for those we did not include in this installment (see the blog roll for other...

November 4, 2010

PRI’s The World on The Curious Case of Mandogi’s Ghost

The Web site, PRI’s The World consistently reviews books in translation that other mainstream publications might overlook. Recently, they discussed two “horror” novels, one from Iran, The Blind Owl, and one from Japan, The Curious Case of Mandogi’s Ghost by...

November 3, 2010

Jonathan Lethem on Furniture

In The Novelist’s Lexicon: Writers on the Words That Define Their Work, writers from around the world were asked to choose one word that opens a door to their work. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll post some author’s...

November 2, 2010

George Packer Recommends My Life with the Taliban

The current issue of Foreign Affairs asked experts to suggest essential recent books pertaining to U.S. foreign policy. Contributors include Madeleine Albright, Fouad Ajami, and New Yorker writer George Packer, who recommended three books on Afghanistan, including My Life with...