May 9, 2019

How Relevant is Mother’s Day to Modern Parenting?

With Mother’s Day is this weekend, you might pose the question, “How is mother’s day relevant to parenting today?” Recently Dr. Shani Orgad, author of Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality met with the London School of...

May 8, 2019

How Baby Sussex Changes Mother’s Day

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle gave birth to a baby boy on the morning of May 6, 2019—six days before Mother’s Day. The next morning, Shani Orgad, author of Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality co-penned an...

May 7, 2019

New Book Tuesday! The Outside Thing, Hot Carbon, Fear of Breakdown, and more!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available!​ The Outside Thing Modernist Lesbian Romance Hannah Roche Hot Carbon Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science John F. Marra Philosophy and Poetry Continental Perspectives Edited by Ranjan Ghosh Time and the...

May 6, 2019

Jennifer Crewe on Expanding Mission-Based Opportunities

Last week, CHOICE Reviews published an article by Bill Mickey titled “The Evolving University Press Publishing Model,” in which directors provided insight into how they are diversifying publishing their publishing strategy while honoring their institution’s research mission. Below is an...

May 3, 2019

Wall Street’s Grand Design: The Federal Reserve

“Approaching a potentially difficult topic in an engaging and readable fashion, Naclerio employs a mostly biographical lens to take readers through the origins of the Federal Reserve.” ~ Robert David Johnson, Brooklyn College On Wednesday, May 1, Richard A. Naclerio, author...

May 2, 2019

Columbia University Press Announces 2019 Student Poetry Contest Winners!

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the three winners of the third  annual Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry® Student Poetry Contest. The Granger’s Poetry contest is held each April and generates high-quality submissions...

May 2, 2019

Book Excerpt! On Bicycles: A 200 Year History of Cycling in New York City

“In On Bicycles, Evan Friss fills in the missing chapters that bicycles hold in New York City’s near-miraculous transportation history and shows how the city’s streets are finally catching up with them.” ~ Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates, former NYC transportation commissioner...

May 1, 2019

Director’s Foreword City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York

“City of Workers, City of Struggle reveals how early colonists, later immigrants, and rural migrants became central to New York City’s manufacturing, trading, and financial industries. Evocatively illustrated, each chapter offers tales of mobilization and resistance experienced by diverse and ever-changing...

April 30, 2019

Coping with the Climate Crisis: Mitigation Policies and Global Coordination (Book Review and Excerpt)

“Whether you believe in the science or not or care about future generations or not, climate change is already affecting your welfare. Coping with the Climate Crisis demonstrates that the world is moving rapidly from identifying climate-change problems to implementing solutions. The...

April 30, 2019

New Book Tuesday! A Genealogy of Devotion, Toxic Safety, Age of Fear, and More!

Our list of new books is now available! The Power of Print in Modern China Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism Robert Culp A Genealogy of Devotion Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in...

April 29, 2019

Media Roundup: The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy

“For centuries, powerful forces of greed have tried to hide the truth, but that doesn’t change reality—the earth is round and climate change is very real. The Madhouse Effect brilliantly dissects the climate denial industry, empowering all of us to see the...

April 26, 2019

Ancient Enmity: An Excerpt from Poppies by the Motorway, by Agnes S.L. Lam

In yesterday’s post, you read an excerpt from a chapbook published within the Poetry and Conflict collection called Between the Trees and the Non-Trees, by Adonis. Today, in a continued celebration of National Poetry Month, we are featuring an excerpt from the 2017 collection called Ancient...