How Do We Solve a Problem Like the Internet?
March 1, 2014
Every day hundreds of thousands of websites are created and the number of unique Internet users is up in the billions. Our collective addiction to Facebook and Google is such… READ MORE
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Imagining Black America
February 28, 2014
To begin with, some basic biology. Human beings share fully 99.5 percent of our DNA. In other words, the individual difference between us – in height and weight, in skin… READ MORE
What SUP from Your Favorite University Presses, February 28, 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
What do you see? A Miró Giveaway and Contest Updates from Yale ARTbooks
Contest update #1: Congratulations to Janet R., Laura D., and Beth Z., who were the first three people to correctly respond to our Carrie Mae Weems quiz (answer to the… READ MORE
Reverend Bayes and the Internet
February 27, 2014
What does an 18th-century English minister have in common with such modern innovations as e-mail spam filters, Google searches, and even Clippy, the iconic (and sometimes reviled) paperclip-shaped Microsoft Office… READ MORE
Abolitionism, Yellow Fever, and the Legacy of Slavery: Excerpt from Ship of Death
In 1792, the Hankey left Britain full of abolitionists who hoped to establish a colony free of slavery in West Africa. Botched negotiations with local tribes and the failure of… READ MORE
Lee Bontecou’s Inventions by David Ebony: An Interview with Joan Banach
February 26, 2014
David Ebony— For the innovative work she produced in the 1960s—large-scale abstract relief sculptures made of welded steel, canvas, wire and soot—Lee Bontecou has earned a very lofty position in… READ MORE
February Theme: Backlist History
February 25, 2014
Rereading books is a special kind of pleasure. The books that we revisit over the years provide us with markers of how much we have changed since the last time… READ MORE
Remembering Robert Dahl
February 24, 2014
Robert A. Dahl (1915 – 2014), eminent political scientist and champion of democracy, passed away on February 5, 2014 in Hamden, Connecticut, at age 98. Named by Foreign Affairs magazine the “dean… READ MORE
From the Designers Desk: Yve Ludwig
The February installment of our series From the Designers Desk brings you a guest post from the wonderfully talented Yve Ludwig, who has had her own independent design practice since… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life