November 7, 2023
Yael A. Sternhell— Early in his presidency, commentators began calling Donald Trump “the first Confederate president.”1 There were obvious reasons why the sobriquet seemed to take—Trump spoke in a language… READ MORE
November 6, 2023
Peter Stothard — Marcus Licinius Crassus was in his early sixties in the summer of 54 BCE, fit but old for a Roman army commander, red-cloaked and almost ready to… READ MORE
November 3, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Abraham Burickson about his new book, Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Pandora | Spotify | Soundcloud
October 31, 2023
Owen Davies— As cheap printed magic books swirled around the world, in late 19th-century Britain a small group of middle-class men and women created a new secret, magic movement in… READ MORE
October 28, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book, On Marriage. On Marriage is a compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book… READ MORE
October 27, 2023
Henry Petroski— The bubonic epidemic known as the Great Plague broke out in London in 1665 and lasted for two years. During that time, citizens who could escape to the… READ MORE
October 26, 2023
Shannon K. O’Neil— Decoupling and derisking, deglobalization, slowbalization, and localization. Journalists, columnists, and more than a few authors are touting the end of an era of hyperglobalization characterized by open… READ MORE
October 25, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Professor Owen Davies about his new book, Art of the Grimoire, a beautifully illustrated global history of magic… READ MORE
October 24, 2023
What does the staying power of the book have to teach us about designing for focus? When I sat down with Erica Holeman to talk about designing a book about… READ MORE
October 23, 2023
Jennifer Banks and Jessie Kindig— We were heartbroken to learn of Louise Glück’s passing on Friday, October 13, 2023. From 2003 until 2010, Glück served as judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets,… READ MORE
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