May 5, 2008

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: New York Times Book Review

This Sunday’s New York Times Book Review featured Francine Prose’s glowing review of Wang Anyi’s The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai. In the review Prose writes, “Wang Anyi’s complex and penetrating portrayal of her heroine … best...

May 2, 2008

The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East

Last Sunday, the New York Times Book Review weighed in on the new Olivier Roy book, The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East. Reviewed alongside Noah Feldman’s new book, the Times declares, “At only 167 pages, Roy’s book provides...

May 1, 2008

Springtime in Riverside Park: A Posting from Ed Grimm

Ed Grimm is the author of Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver. It’s not as if Riverside Park hibernates all winter. The hardiest of the joggers and cyclists are out on its paths, children continue to flock to its 15 playgrounds,...

April 30, 2008

The Wright/Obama Controversy: Perspectives from Houston Baker and Todd Gitlin

In a very interesting post yesterday, Salon asked a panel of political and cultural experts, including Houston Baker and Todd Gitlin, to weigh in on the debates surrounding Rev. Wright’s remarks and what Obama should respond. Todd Gitlin defended Obama...

April 30, 2008

Barbara Mensch, "South Street," and the Fulton Fish Market

In the posting Loaders, Lumpers and the Smell of Fish the New York Times blog the “City Room” writes about South Street by Barbara Mensch. The post coincides with a new exhibition of Barbara Mensch’s photographs of the Fulton Fish...

April 29, 2008

Kim Sowôl, Korean Poetry, and the Boston Red Sox: A Blog Posting from David McCann

As national poetry month comes to a close and the Pen World Voices Festival set to begin we are fortunate to have a posting from David R. McCann a translator and scholar of Korean poetry. McCann is also the Korea...

April 25, 2008

Party at the Tribeca Film Festival!

Join Wallflower Press and Columbia University Press for a party to celebrate the official North American launch of the TCM International Film Guide 2008 and Film & Festivals magazine during the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday, April 29th. Frances Ford...

April 24, 2008

James Millward on How China Can Improve Its Image Abroad

In a recent post titled “China’s story: putting the PR into the PRC” on opendemocracy.net, James Millward, author of Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang lays out six public relations ideas on how China can repair its image with the...

April 23, 2008

When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line

Continuing on our Earth Day theme, today we’d like to draw your attention to the newest book in the Columbia Business School Publishing imprint , Geoffrey Heal’s When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line. Heal argues that...

April 22, 2008

Earth Day 2008

Earth Day, founded in 1970 to raise awareness about the nation’s environmental concerns, is today, and we’d like to take this opportunity to highlight some of our recent ecology and environmental sciences titles. American Environmental History: An Introduction by Carolyn...

April 22, 2008

Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy

Richard Kahlenberg’s biography of Albert Shanker the former head of the American Federation of Teachers was recently lauded in two different publications. In the New Republic, John Judis cited Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race,...

April 21, 2008

The Green Press Initiative

In honor of Earth Day tomorrow, we want to highlight The Green Press Initiative, which is an organization dedicated to helping the book and newspaper industries understand their environmental impact. Columbia University Press joined the Green Press Initiative in April...