Between Memory and History
April 26, 2024
Ward Toward is the 118th volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets, in which Cindy Juyoung Ok moves assuredly between spaces—from the psych ward to a prison cell, from… READ MORE
Category: Humanities
Cannabis and Hashish in the West: The Colonial Origins
April 20, 2024
Mike Jay— The first sustained interaction between the modern West and the hashish eaters of the Arab world occurred during Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798, which culminated in a… READ MORE
Burning With Passion: Selected Poems from Catullus
April 19, 2024
Stephen Mitchell, who is known for bringing ancient texts to vibrant new life, has now translated Catullus’s poems for a new generation of readers in Catullus: Selected Poems. Join us as… READ MORE
Ep. 134—The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy
April 15, 2024
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with award-winning classicist Edith Hall about her new book, Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me. Subscribe: Apple… READ MORE
Selected Poems From The Earth in the Attic
April 12, 2024
In The Earth in the Attic, Fady Joudah, a Palestinian-American physician, explores big themes—identity, war, religion, what we hold in common—while never losing sight of the quotidian, the specific. Join us as… READ MORE
The Universal Whole: A Conversation With Can Xue and Annelise Finegan Wasmoen
April 9, 2024
In Love in the New Millennium, celebrated experimental writer Can Xue tells the story of a group of women who inhabit a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in… READ MORE
The High-Tech Revolution is Transforming the Very Foundations of Human Existence
April 4, 2024
Bruce Ackerman— For the first time in history, all of us are living two lives at once — engaging in distant relationships on the internet while dealing with one another… READ MORE
Provincials, Light and Grass
April 3, 2024
Sumana Roy— I’d sometimes wonder whether I’d still be a provincial if I were the only person on this planet. The next immediate thought is—are there provinces on other planets?… READ MORE
The Women, Men, and Children of the 1984–85 UK Miners’ Strike
March 29, 2024
Robert Gildea— [T]here was something of a gender revolution. Miners’ wives had been transformed by the strike. They had been involved in setting up local support groups, which came together… READ MORE
Finding Hope Among the Fragments
March 21, 2024
Ward Toward is the 118th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, in which Cindy Juyoung Ok moves assuredly between spaces—from the psych ward to a prison cell, from… READ MORE
Between Memory and History