April 21, 2008

Review of Betrayal from the Los Angeles Times

Friday’s Los Angeles Times had a review of Houston Baker’s Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era. The review offers a very good summary of Baker’s argument and his critiques of prominent Black intellectuals:...

April 18, 2008

Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi: An Event at the Italian Academy

While in exile during the Second World War, Carlo Levi, the famous painter, writer, and antifascist Italian from a Jewish family wrote the canonical essay “Of Fear and Freedom,” which was later published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux and in...

April 18, 2008

A Response to Stephen Burt's "Against Argument" from The Valve

John Holbo of the always rewarding and interesting literary criticism site, The Valve has written on Stephen Burt’s post “Against Argument”.

April 18, 2008

Review of One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each

Complete Review has a review of One Hundred Poems, One Poems Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu translated by Peter McMillan and with a foreword by Donald Keene. The reviewer writes, “McMillan has none a nice job here....

April 17, 2008

Against Argument: A Posting from Stephen Burt

Stephen Burt teaches in the English Department at Harvard University. He is most recently the author of The Forms of Youth: Twentieth-Century Poetry and Adolescence and is the author of three books of poems, including Parallel Play. Recent articles by...

April 17, 2008

Review of Betrayal

The blog Prometheus 6 has posted an interesting review of Houston Baker’s Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era. There is also a video available of Houston Baker participating on a special panel with...

April 16, 2008

CIAO: Expert Analysis on Tibet

During the month of April, Columbia University Press’s premier online database of international affairs, Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), opens its front page with an in-depth analysis of the anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet for free viewing to the public. In...

April 15, 2008

The Nature of the Hudson: A Posting from Frances Dunwell

In spring, I am often reminded of the feminine nature of the Hudson. It is now, when the shad, herring, striped bass and sturgeon ascend the river to spawn that we witness how potently creative she is. Maternal and nourishing,...

April 14, 2008

White Sale

Take advantage of great savings during our White Sale. Save 20-80% off selected titles in all subjects.Choose from titles in: General-Interest and Bestsellers Anthropology Asian History and Politics Asian Literature and Culture British and European History Current Events Environmental Studies...

April 11, 2008

24,132

24,132—that’s how many trees there are in Central Park according to a recent article in the New York Times. Employing GPS technology a company recently hired by the Central Park Conservancy surveyed the trees of Central Park. For those interested...

April 10, 2008

Hervé This heads to Canada April 27-May 2

Calling all Canadian scientists, chefs, and those with curious minds—Hervé This, the founder of molecular gastronomy travels to Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa to promote his new book, Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking, later this month. He’ll appear at...

April 9, 2008

Some Criticism for National Poetry Month

For those looking for a bit of historical and critical background to their poetry, may we suggest two works that take very distinctive approaches to the history of twentieth-century poetry and suggest new ways of reading key poets from the...