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November 9, 2020

Q&A: Joanne Raymond on Her Career in Academic Publishing

It’s University Press Week 2020, and today’s theme is New Voices. As part of the campaign, Book Culture interviewed CUP’s own assistant publicist Joanne Raymond about her career growth in academic publishing. Read the Q&A below to learn about her...

September 25, 2019

Sandra Smith on Becoming a Literary Translator

“Despite fleeing first Tsarist Russia and then Nazi-occupied France, Jacques Schiffrin succeeded in being a major literary influence on two continents, establishing first the best edition of French classics and then a key publishing house in New York which would...

June 13, 2019

A Story of Mentorship and Community Among People Behind the Databases and Metadata at University Presses

2019 BiblioU attendees “ In writing this post and reading about Mark Saunders and these testimonials, I’ve realized how lucky and proud I am to work in university press community. The support of my mentors, advisers, and cheerleaders has come in...

September 20, 2018

My Time at CUP: Dean Smith

Dean Smith DIRECTOR, CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1987–1988 ASSISTANT COPYWRITER, 1987 JUNIOR COPYWRITER, FEBRUARY 1988 SENIOR COPYWRITER, JUNE 1988 > I worked as a copywriter while working on an MFA in poetry at Columbia. It was my first full-time...

June 14, 2018

My Time At CUP: John Hussey on An Education in Excellence

“I really love working with Columbia’s staff and hope that I am somehow “giving back” in honor of the education they gave to me years ago.” John Hussey SENIOR KEY ACCOUNTS SALES MANAGER AT INGRAM CONTENT GROUP ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES(AUP)...

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