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January 9, 2021

Peter Coviello’s Playlist for Vineland Reread

“Here is a mash note, a fan’s riff, a sizzling study of Pynchon’s most misapprehended book. . . . ” —Sam Lipsyte, author of Hark Today’s MLA featured post is a playlist from Peter Coviello to accompany his new book Vineland Reread, a...

January 8, 2021

Video: Four Reasons to Reread A Visit from the Goon Squad

“A brilliant investigation … Ivan Kreilkamp is a music critic as well as a literary scholar, versed in both Middlemarch and Minor Threat, so he brings revelatory insight into Egan’s punk-inspired story of time lost and time regained.” —Rob...

January 7, 2021

Announcing Our 2021 Literary Studies Catalog

Letter from the Editors: We are pleased to present the 2021 Columbia University Press literary studies catalog. The past year was a challenging one on many fronts and we hope the books in this catalog reflect the various ways in...

January 7, 2021

Q&A: Sunny Xiang on Tonal Intelligence

“Tonal Intelligence boldly rethinks race and self-representation by theorizing tone as a way to read racial meaning. Sunny Xiang’s ambitious remit and strikingly original conceptualizations offer a powerful reconfiguration of aesthetics, affect, and the geopolitical.” —Jini Kim Watson, author of...

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Tag: MLA2021

Peter Coviello’s Playlist for Vineland Reread

Video: Four Reasons to Reread A Visit from the Goon Squad

Announcing Our 2021 Literary Studies Catalog

Q&A: Sunny Xiang on Tonal Intelligence