March 18, 2019

Sei Shōnagon: Why Gender Stereotypes of an Ancient Woman Writer Still Resonate Today

“Meticulously researched and persuasively argued, Unbinding The Pillow Book offers a dynamic portrait of one of the most important works of world literature and of the woman who wrote it more than a millennium ago. The Pillow Book has long been one of my...

March 15, 2019

Roundup: Nancy K. Miller and My Brilliant Friends

This week we’ve been featuring Nancy K. Miller’s My Brilliant Friends: Our Lives in Feminism in honor of Women’s History Month. If you haven’t been following us, set the FOMO aside. We’ve got your back with today’s roundup post of this week’s post and previous media...

March 14, 2019

“Carolyn Heilbrun”

“They will know that there are books waiting for them as there were no books for me.” ~ Carolyn G. Heilbrun,  Women’s lives: The View from the Threshold Read the first section of Carolyn from Nancy K. Miller’s My Brilliant...

March 13, 2019

“The Art of Losing”

“In My Brilliant Friends, Nancy K. Miller depicts the life-altering importance of deep and nourishing friendships between and among women. Through vivid details and Miller’s singular point of view, we witness her transformative relationships with Carolyn Heilbrun, Naomi Schor, and Diane...

March 12, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Ocean of Milk, Ocean of Blood; Thomas Berry; The Limits of Tolerance and More!

Our list of new books is now available! Thomas Berry A Biography Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Andrew Angyal Ocean of Milk, Ocean of Blood A Mongolian Monk in the Ruins of the Qing Empire Matthew W. King The...

March 11, 2019

Q&A: Nancy K. Miller on My Brilliant Friends

 “In this astute, passionate, rigorously honest book about her friendships with three extraordinary women, Miller delineates the mysterious geography of those attachments we are not born into, but choose freely. The longing, pain, confusion, envy, and joy that inhabit the...

March 8, 2019

#WomanUP for International Women’s Day!

University Presses across the country have banded together to showcase each other’s works for International Women’s Day. Take a look at some of our faves! Follow #WomanUP up Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to see more from our peer presses. Enter our...

March 8, 2019

Roundup: Shani Orgad and Heading Home

We kicked off Women’s History Month with Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality, by Shani Orgad. In case you missed them, here’s a roundup of this week’s blog posts and other media coverage related to Orgad and...

March 7, 2019

In Memoriam: Donald Keene (June 18, 1922 – February 24, 2019)

Revered author and professor Donald Keene passed away on February 24 at the age of 96. The following post is written by Press Director Jennifer Crewe, who was Keene’s editor for many years. •  •  •  •  •  • I...

March 6, 2019

Book Excerpt! Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality (chapter 4)

Read an excerpt from chapter 4 “Aberrant Mothers/Captive Wives” of Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality, by Shani Orgad. In this chapter, Orgad illustrate this work of cover-up. It starts with the personal stories women tell themselves...

March 5, 2019

New Book Tuesday! On Bicycles, Banking on Freedom, Jacques Schiffrin, Chromatic Modernity, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available! On Bicycles A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City Evan Friss Banking on Freedom Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal Shennette Garrett-Scott Chromatic Modernity Color, Cinema,...

March 1, 2019

Join us in Celebrating Women’s History Month 2019

Today begins our celebration of Women’s History Month. If you’ve been following us, you likely know that Columbia has been a leader in the publication of gender studies and feminist theory since the 1980s. You’re probably familiar with Joan Wallach...