Who Was Vespasian?
November 17, 2014
Today is Roman Emperor Vespasian’s birthday. And while he may not be as famous as some of predecessors, Julius Caesar or Augustus, for example, his Flavian Dynasty would rule the Empire for nearly… READ MORE
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Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry—Interview with Author Elizabeth Cleland
In celebration of the publication of Grand Design, one of two excellent, brand new books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (more on the other book to come…), we’re pleased… READ MORE
Nixon Not a Crook!
Nigel Hamilton— Nixon’s emotional outburst, claiming at a press conference in Florida that he was not a crook, forty-one years ago today, gave Freudian psychologists their best insight into the… READ MORE
What SUP From Your Favorite University Presses, November 14, 2014
November 14, 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
Win a copy of Peter John Brownlee’s new book Samuel F. B. Morse’s “Gallery of the Louvre” and the Art of Invention!
Did you know, before winning fame and fortune for his invention of the single wire telegraph, Samuel Morse spent his early life as a painter? After graduating from Yale College… READ MORE
Jane L. Aspinwall on Alexander Gardner
November 12, 2014
Alexander Gardner is deservedly famous for his photographs of the American Civil War, though his body of work includes images taken both before and after the war. A current exhibition… READ MORE
An Interview with Mark Polizzotti
November 11, 2014
We had the privilege of sitting down to talk with Mark Polizzotti, who, among other things, has recently translated a trio of novellas from Nobel Prize–winner Patrick Modiano, Suspended Sentences,… READ MORE
Museum Quality Books: Sculpting with Shadow
November 10, 2014
Mark Polizzotti has translated more than forty books from French, including the newly released Suspended Sentences by this year’s Nobel laureate in literature, Patrick Modiano. Mark wrote a lovely commentary on translating… READ MORE
Bram Stoker’s Birthday and Vampire Lore
November 8, 2014
Paul Barber— On November 8, we celebrate the birthday of Bram Stoker. Stoker’s novel Dracula, published in 1897, had a tremendous influence on vampire-novels although, like other fiction of this… READ MORE
What SUP From Your Favorite University Presses, November 7, 2014
November 7, 2014
Welcome to our weekly roundup of news from university presses! Once again, there is a lot to share from our fellow academic publishing houses and much to learn on What… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic