William Morris: Anarchy and Beauty
December 9, 2014
“The art or work-pleasure, as one ought to call it…sprung up almost spontaneously, it seems, from a kind of instinct amongst people, no longer driven desperately to painful and terrible… READ MORE
Yale University Press Blog
When Harry Met Annie: Love and Financial Fraud in the Nineteenth Century (Part 2)
Harry Marks was one of the foremost financial journalists of the late nineteenth century. He was also a man of few scruples, and his salacious love affair with Annie Koppel would… READ MORE
When Harry Met Annie: Love and Financial Fraud in the Nineteenth Century (Part 1)
December 8, 2014
Harry Marks was one of the foremost financial journalists of the late nineteenth century. He was also a man of few scruples, and his salacious love affair with Annie Koppel would… READ MORE
Win a copy of Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography
While we’re on the topic of photography, we’d like to draw your attention to yet another standout photography title on our fall list. Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography edited… READ MORE
Four Centuries of Quilts Giveaway!
December 5, 2014
Quilts are, at their core, functional items, but they nonetheless occupy a special place in art history. Since the 16th century, beginning in India and the Mediterranean and spreading across the world, quilts have… READ MORE
What SUP From Your Favorite University Presses, December 5, 2014
Welcome to our weekly roundup of news from university presses! Once again, there is a lot to share this week from our fellow academic publishing houses and much to learn… READ MORE
A Conversation with David Albahari
December 4, 2014
Award-winning translator Ellen Elias-Bursac recently had the chance to talk with Serbian writer and translator David Albahari about Globetrotter, her latest translation of one of Albahari’s novels. Ellen Elias-Bursac: How did… READ MORE
The Siege of Bastogne Up Close and Personal
December 3, 2014
In the harsh winter of 1944-45, the month-long battle for Bastogne, a town with a peacetime population of 4,000 and seven roads, claimed 23,000 American and 25,000 German lives. To… READ MORE
A complex subject: A conversation with Dita Amory about Madame Cézanne
Today we’re sharing a new dispatch from the blog of The Metropolitan Museum of Art: a conversation between Rachel High, Editorial Assistant at the Museum, and Dita Amory, curator of… READ MORE
We’re having a street photography contest inspired by The World Atlas of Street Photography!
November 28, 2014
We’re getting into the spirit of giving early this year: keep checking this blog over the coming weeks for plenty of chances to win copies of marvelous art and architecture… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic