CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

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The Iraq Wars

Samuel Helfont *15

In The Iraq Wars (Oxford University Press), Samuel Helfont *15 traces how American conflicts in Iraq — from the Gulf…

Gap Year

Lindsey Goldstein ’97

Jane, an ecologist, always dreamed of working in the Galapagos and climbing a volcano, but never got the chance before…

The Age of Youth

Masako Hattori, visiting research scholar

In The Age of Youth (Cambridge University Press), Hattori explores how the United States reshaped the meaning of “youth” in…

The Best Dog In the World

(edited) Alice Hoffman (with contributions by Jodi Picoult ’87)

The Best Dog in the World (Scribner) is a celebration of the bond between pets and people. Fourteen authors, including…

Righting Wrongs

Kenneth Roth, visiting professor at the School for Public and International Affairs

In this memoir, Roth describes his three decades leading Human Rights Watch. Under his leadership, the organization transformed into a…

Reunions

David Adams Cleveland ’74

Friends Gini, Annete, Bianca, and Apolonia are back together again at Princeton celebrating their 40 th reunion. While the gang…

Ruth Asawa

(edited) Janet Bishop and Cara Manes (including contributions from Anne Cheng ’85, professor of English)

This book provides a landmark survey celebrating the expansive career of Ruth Asawa, best known for her intricate, looped-wire sculptures…

Democracy’s Foot Soldiers

Reena N. Goldthree, professor of African American studies

This is the lesser-known story of the tens of thousands of Caribbean men who volunteered as soldiers for the British…

Miracles and Wonder

Elaine Pagels, professor emeritus of religion

In Miracles and Wonder ( Vintage), Pagels turns to Jesus, exploring how a little known Jewish man became the center…

Plumes of Memory

Patrick Bernuth ’62

In this book of poetry, Bernuth takes readers to Kyoto, Japan, where he experienced an unforgettable introduction to Japanese art…

Fox

Joyce Carol Oates, professor of creative writing

In this psychological thriller readers meet Francis Fox, a new teacher at Langhorne Academy who becomes quickly beloved by his…

Things in Nature Merely Grow

Yiyun Li, professor of creative writing

A National Book Award finalist, Things in Nature Merely Grow (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is Li’s searing memoir of survival…

Kinkakuji and Kitayama

Thomas D. Conlan, professor of East Asian studies and history

Kinkakuji and Kitayama (Brill) traces the extraordinary history of Kinkakuji, a Zen Buddhist temple and major tourist attraction in Kyoto…

Novel Ecologies

Allison Carruth, professor of American studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute

Novel Ecologies (University of Chicago Press) explores the closing gap between ecology and engineering over the last three decades. Carruth…

Leaving Guantanamo

Eric L. Lewis ’79

Eric L. Lewis has represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay for more than two decades, including leading the legal hearings that…

The Loves of My Life

Edmund White, professor emeritus of creative writing

In his final memoir, White reflects on his sex life. The novelist and essayist known as a pioneering figure of…

Attensity!

The Friends of Attention (Peter Schmidt ’20, Alyssa Loh ’12, and D. Graham Burnett ’93, professor of history)

The negative impacts of technology on society cannot be denied. People are glued to their devices, companies are profiting off…