May 13, 2010

Nicholas Rombes: 10/40/70 on The Rumpus

“No compromise: the film must be stopped at these time codes. Constraint as a form of freedom.”—Nicholas Rombes The always-worthwhile and consistently engaging (and fun) The Rumpus is currently running a great series of posts from Nicholas Rombes, author of...

May 12, 2010

4 days left to save during our Spring Sale!

We wanted to remind you that you still have 4 days left to save on hundreds of Columbia University Press titles during our Spring Sale! Save up to 80% on titles by Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva, Gilles Deleuze, and Roland...

May 11, 2010

My Life with the Taliban and other books for the new government in the UK

The Guardian recently asked a group of scholars, novelists, and other various experts to suggest books for the new government in the UK as they grapple with national debt, war in Afghanistan, climate change, and other thorny issues. Along with...

May 10, 2010

Columbia University Press Fall 2010

Below is an online versions of our Fall 2010 catalog. (Click on “Fullscreen” to view a more readable version of the catalog) We’ll have all the titles on our site later this week but we’re so pleased with the catalgo...

May 7, 2010

John V. Lindsay revisited on Leonard Lopate and Fox News

Reaching a range of viewers and listeners, Sam Roberts, editor of America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York, has been talking about the just-published book and the accompanying exhibit which opened at the Museum of the...

May 6, 2010

The Well-Being of America: A New Report from the American Human Development Project

The American Human Development Project (AHDP), whose Measure of America offered an index of well-being for Americans offers recently presented an update to their earlier findings. In their report, A Century Apart, The AHDP looks at life expectancy, educational attainment,...

May 5, 2010

John V. Lindsay: The book, exhibit, and movie

The just-published America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York accompanies an exhibit, opening today, at The Museum of the City of New York that looks back at the Lindsay administration, and its legacy. (A few of...

May 4, 2010

Edward Hess on false gods and Wall Street's Future

“Bankers are not theologians (and neither, it should be said, are business professors), but as new revelations continue to be made about the devastating effects of dubious instruments concocted by financial alchemists, the fair question that needs to be asked...

April 30, 2010

Who was Edith Granger?

With poetry month coming to a close, we thought we’d post about one of the crown jewels on the Columbia University Press poetry list, namely The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry in Anthologies:. First published in 1904 and now in...

April 29, 2010

Paul Offit on the Vaccine War

On Tuesday night, Frontline broadcast The Vaccine War which examined the science of vaccine safety and the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists who are determined to resist pressure...

April 28, 2010

Kelly Oliver on ABC News to discuss Women as Weapons of War

Kelly Oliver author of Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media appeared yesterday on ABC News to talk about women in the military as well as to consider our fascination with female terrorists and suicide bombers. Oliver...

April 27, 2010

Five Years of YouTube

Last week of course was the fifth anniversary of YouTube leading to inevitable commentaries both celebrating its democratic possibilities and bemoaning it as a massive waste of time. For those looking for more innovative and thoughtful views of the phenomenon,...