How the Bible Became Holy: An Interactive Timeline
April 25, 2014
Follow @mlsatlow Follow @yaleRELIbooks Though it is easy to see the Bible today as a singular work – one text held as holy by many religious believers – it has… READ MORE
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From the Designer’s Desk: Katy Homans
April 23, 2014
April’s installation in our ongoing series From the Designer’s Desk brings us into the beautiful, meaningful, and wide-ranging visual world of renowned designer Katy Homans. Katy Homans— I entered the… READ MORE
Q&A with Will Schutt, the 2012 Winner of Yale Series of Younger Poets
April 21, 2014
Happy National Poetry Month! Check out the new site, Youngerpoets.org! Yale University Press had the pleasure of interviewing Will Schutt, whose collection, Westerly, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in… READ MORE
The Mystery of Calligraphy, Remade
Jack O’Malley— The intersection of the western and eastern worlds has long fascinated scholars and students of artistic methods. The new book Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan from the… READ MORE
One Year Later: Clare Elliott reflects on Forrest Bess and Seeing Things Invisible
April 19, 2014
Clare Elliott – One year after its opening at the Menil Collection, Houston, Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible has made its third appearance, at the Neuberger Art Museum at SUNY, Purchase…. READ MORE
Audio Art: Kate Nesin on Cy Twombly’s things
April 17, 2014
Kate Nesin, associate curator of contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago, is also the author Cy Twombly’s Things, a fascinating account of Twombly’s long engagement with three-dimensional works. … READ MORE
Why Be “Nudged” Toward Better Decisions?
April 16, 2014
Read the profile of Cass Sunstein in the May 2014 issue of The Atlantic! Follow @CassSunstein From last minute impulse buying at the grocery store to the way we treat the… READ MORE
Re-establishing Marisol: An interview with curator Marina Pacini
April 15, 2014
On June 14th, a much-anticipated exhibition will open at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper offers a complete look at Marisol’s career, reestablishing her… READ MORE
Our Texts are Palatial: Words from Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger
April 14, 2014
Follow @faniaoz Jews and Words is a book that celebrates the written word with a very particular voice that grew out of a lifetime of father-daughter conversations between co-authors Amos… READ MORE
What SUP from Your Favorite University Presses, April 11, 2014
April 11, 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 Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life