April 15, 2020

Verse Versus Virus

By Jacob Edmond

“Make It the Same rebuts the notion that formal word-games are a decadent first-world hobby. It is an empirically broad, thoughtfully constructed, well-written, timely book about an important subject: a technical ‘mode of production’ prominent in contemporary poetry, with its...

April 14, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Friend, No Finish Line, and The Life of Imagination

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Friend A Novel from North Korea Paek Nam-nyong. Translated by Immanuel Kim Paek Nam-nyong’s Friend is a tale of marital intrigue, abuse, and divorce in North Korea. This groundbreaking translation of...

April 11, 2020

A Thank You Message to All the Essential Workers

 For Columbians, the fight against coronavirus in New York City—and worldwide—is personal. As part of the Columbia community we send our appreciation and admiration for all of you essential workers fighting to keep us fed, safe and healthy during...

April 9, 2020

Book Excerpt! The Greening of Asia, By Mark L. Clifford (introduction)

“With wisdom and insights sprinkled throughout, The Greening of Asia demonstrates that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability are beginning to build a greener prosperity in the world’s fastest growing region…. A well-researched, hopeful book.” ~Doug Ogden, Asian Review of Books...

April 8, 2020

Reading List: Understanding the Pandemic Present

The global pandemic has left many of us with questions. Amid these uncertain times, you may be looking for information and resources about our emergency preparedness strategies, healthcare systems, essential workers, past pandemics, and more. We’ve compiled this list of...

April 8, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Agenda Publishing Alarums and Excursions Improvising Politics on the European Stage Luuk van Middelaar. Translated by Liz Waters Luuk van Middelaar gives us the insider’s view of the EU’s political metamorphosis....

April 8, 2020

Three Lessons from COVID-19 for the Next Pandemic: The State, Companies, and Civil Society

By Mark L. Clifford

“In this well-researched and ultimately optimistic account, Mark L. Clifford makes the case that environmental policies ‘can and must be fixed’ and gives us examples of companies that have worked to find private-sector solutions. In doing so, he sheds much-needed...

April 7, 2020

New Book Tuesday! The Joys of Compounding

Our weekly list of new books is now available! New from Columbia Business School Publishing From the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing Series The Joys of Compounding The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated Gautam Baid...

April 6, 2020

Getting a Handle on the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Geoffrey C. Kabat

“Geoffrey Kabat’s vital, wide-ranging book cannot have arrived at a more fortuitous time. . . Everyone should read his analysis—at once clear-eyed, thoughtful, and beautifully written—to understand the nature of risk. I cannot overstate the importance of this book.” ~Siddhartha...

April 5, 2020

Anxious Afterthoughts on Anxious Cinephilia

by Sarah Keller

“Anxious Cinephilia gives us the most far-reaching theorization of cinephilia yet. This exploration of desire and anxiety as twin impulses unearths novel connections across film cultures, affective states, and moments of technological change, from early cinema to cinematic spectacle in...

April 5, 2020

New Books in Film and Media Studies from Auteur, transcript publishing, and the Austrian Film Museum

No visit to the CUP tables at SCMS would be complete without a look through the exciting new titles we’ve brought from our distribution partners.  New from Auteur First up is the Auteur table, where you’ll find numerous new titles...

April 5, 2020

Ten Masterpieces of Experimental Cinema

The following list by Justin Remes, author of Motion(less) Pictures: The Cinema of Stasis and the forthcoming Absence in Cinema: The Art of Showing Nothing, considers ten canonical experimental films. You can also watch the films below. •  •  • ...