November 27, 2014
Susan Hardman Moore— Thanksgiving, turkey, the last Thursday in November. By tradition, this national holiday replays the Pilgrims’ celebration of their first New World harvest. But arguably it owes… READ MORE
November 26, 2014
Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, wrote a series of posts for the Yale University Press London Blog to explain how the inventors of ‘sanitary… READ MORE
November 25, 2014
We had the chance to sit down with prolific translator Marian Schwartz to talk about her latest translation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. She touches on the joys and challenges of… READ MORE
David Ebony— Ed Ruscha’s name is synonymous with the Los Angeles Pop art movement of the early 1960s. His work, however, has an appeal and importance that transcends merely regional… READ MORE
November 22, 2014
Nina Howe— The experience of editing the book, A Voice Still Heard, a selection of essays by my late father Irving Howe, was for me an exploration into my father’s… READ MORE
November 21, 2014
Ivy Sanders Schneider– The Sculpture Victorious exhibition at the YCBA greets viewers with two busts of Queen Victoria. The first is of Victoria at 21 – positioned at eye level,… READ MORE
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
November 19, 2014
Richard Hendel is a true dignitary in the world of book design. His work has won nearly every possible award, including from the Association of American University Presses, AIGA, Print magazine,… READ MORE
Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, wrote a series of posts for the Yale University Press London Blog to explain how the inventors of ‘sanitary… READ MORE
November 18, 2014
Edward Strauss— The Battle of the Somme, which began on July 1, 1916, is generally said to have concluded on November 18 of that year. In a dispatch on December… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic