Writing a Life
June 5, 2024
Chitralekha Zutshi— For historians, writing biographies can be challenging. We are trained to think in terms of broader social and political processes, not individual lives. But while writing the life… READ MORE
June 5, 2024
Chitralekha Zutshi— For historians, writing biographies can be challenging. We are trained to think in terms of broader social and political processes, not individual lives. But while writing the life… READ MORE
June 4, 2024
Fawaz A. Gerges— In May 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, more than a thousand school students participated in the Children’s March intended to force the city to reckon with the demands… READ MORE
June 3, 2024
Dennis Carr, Jacqueline Francis, and John P. Bowles – As a mixed-raced American artist attempting to find new ways to represent the Black figure in art, Sargent Claude Johnson developed… READ MORE
May 31, 2024
Paul Kennedy— The soft, warm waters of the Mediterranean lapped gently against the sides of the two great warships anchored across from each other in Malta’s historic Grand Harbour in… READ MORE
May 30, 2024
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Alison Manges Nogueira and Kathryn Calley Galitz, both of whom work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and… READ MORE
May 29, 2024
Lost Writings: Two Novels by Mina Loy includes two never-before-published manuscripts by the groundbreaking writer, artist, and feminist. In this Q&A, we talk with the book’s editor Karla Kelsey about… READ MORE
May 28, 2024
Richard Brookhiser— History leans heavily on words—and that’s fine, says every publishing house. But there are other media that tell the story. The civil rights movement and America’s wars from… READ MORE
May 22, 2024
In Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art, intellectual historian and critic Rochelle Gurstein explores the nature of the classic in art from the 18th century… READ MORE
May 21, 2024
Sean H. Vanatta— Big banks charge the highest credit card interest rates, at least according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In February, the agency reported that some of the largest… READ MORE
May 20, 2024
“Too bad! What? Isn’t he going – back?” Yes, but you understand him badly when you complain. He is going back like anybody who wants to attempt a big jump.”… READ MORE