December 11, 2008

Mutts Like Us . . . A Post by Frances Bartkowski

This still young century—maybe only now just beginning—calls us all into relations of obligation and care. This is our object lesson, among others, whether to follow our curiosity and desire—to kiss, or to be led by our lesser selves toward...

December 10, 2008

"The Most Exciting and Eagerly Awaited Title from a Scholarly Press." — Scott McLemee on Hubert Harrison, by Jeffrey Perry

Scott McLemee qualifies this remark somewhat in his Inside Higher Ed article on Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, admitting that he has been eagerly awaiting this title and he explains why in the article and the accompanying...

December 9, 2008

What To Give Obama and His Team for the Holidays? The Measure of America

What to get for the Secretary of Labor, Education, Health, Housing or Transportation? In a post for the Huffington Post, Derek Shearer, who worked in the Clinton administration, suggests some possible gift ideas for Obama and his soon-to-be presidential staff....

December 8, 2008

Holiday Sale at Columbia University Press!

Books make great gifts. Please visit our HOLIDAY SALE and save 30% on books that are sure to please everyone on your list. We are also offering special discounts on books in Philosophy, Religion, Middle East Studies, Neuroscience, Evolution and...

December 8, 2008

The Los Angeles Times Names Hard-Boiled Sentimentality as a 2008 Crime Fiction Favorite

In her Los Angeles Times round-up of the best of 2008, Sarah Weinman makes a special mention of Leonard Cassuto’s Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories. Weinman writes: “Pick up Leonard Cassuto’s “Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History...

December 5, 2008

Judging Books by Their Covers — The New York Book Show Awards

Several Columbia University Press titles won awards in the New York Book Show. The awards are sponsored by the Bookbinders’ Guild of New York and recognize excellence in book production and design. The winners for book design were Four Jews...

December 5, 2008

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow in the Quarterly Conversation

It would not be a stretch to say that The Quarterly Conversation has come to be one of the better places —online or in print— to turn to for literary and cultural criticism. Issue 14 was recently published and is...

December 4, 2008

How did a confessed whore-loving, alcoholic, coked-out Hollywood agent, become the great hope of conservative America?

The answer to the question featured in this post’s title is revealed by Evan Wright in “Pat Dollard’s War on Hollywood,” a compelling portrait of a reckless Hollywood agent whose strange journey led him to Iraq (see picture of Pat...

December 3, 2008

A New Type of Human Being and Who We Really Are — Robert Hullot-Kentor in The Brooklyn Rail

The title to Robert Hullot Kentor’s essay in the Brooklyn Rail comes from an unfinished 1941 essay by Theodor Adorno. Hullot-Kentor, who is the author of Things Beyond Resemblance: Collected Essays on Theodor W. Adorno, argues that the “New Type...

December 2, 2008

Learning from the Mumbai Tragedy — An Op-ed from Rohan Gunaratna

“Without building a robust relationship with Pakistan, India has been strengthening its cooperation with Israel and the U.S. As the regional power, India must take the lead and reach out to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka and share counter...

December 2, 2008

Columbia University Press Author Events for December

If you are looking for stimulating, lively and low-cost / free events this Holiday season, look no further than the various December events with Columbia University Press authors. Events include Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis discussing their book, The Measure...

December 1, 2008

Did Britain Just Sell Tibet? — An Op-ed from Robert Barnett

“Britain’s concession could be China’s most significant achievement on Tibet since American support for Tibetan guerillas was ended before Nixon’s visit to Beijing. Including China in global decision-making is welcome, but Western powers should not rewrite history to get support...