CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War is an eclectic collection of essays that each meditate upon…
Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK
The open-source music language ChucK is designed for digital musicians. Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK…
The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine
The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine is a collection of children’s stories set on August 15, 1945…
Contested Treasure: Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon
In Contested Treasure: Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon, Thomas Barton ’98 examines how the Jews in Spain…
Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects
By examining photography as articulated in literature, film, and graphic novels, Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects demonstrates how in many…
Byzantine Art and Italian Panel Painting: The Virgin and Child Hodegetria and the Art of Chrysography
In this study of medieval painting in the 13th century, Jaroslav Folda ’62 discusses the transformation of the Virgin as…
The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor
In The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor, Jonathan Rose ’74 examines British prime minister Winston Churchill from a fresh perspective…
Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs
To strengthen their marriage and prepare them for parenthood, David Hlavsa ’84 and his wife, Lisa, walk the Camino de…
Impersonation
Impersonation is a collection of poetry written over the course of 10 years as Joy (formerly Jay) Ladin *00 transitioned…
The Dismantling: A Novel
When medical-school dropout Simon Worth accepts a lucrative job as a black-market organ broker, all he wants is to pay…
Submission and Subjection in Leviathan: Good Subjects in the Hobbesian Commonwealth
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan imagined a commonwealth dominated by a notoriously powerful sovereign and populated by good citizens desperate to escape…
The Constitution: An Introduction
In a political climate where the Affordable Care Act, the right of marriage, and NSA surveillance are hot-button issues, constitutional…
The Tycoon’s Ambassadors: Captain Du Pont and the Japanese Embassy of 1860
In 1860, a delegation of 76 Japanese men traveled to the United States on an ambassadorial mission. They were the…
Windward Calm
George Harris’ latest novel, Windward Calm, follows police chief Richard Widemarch as he searches for a missing girl. The only…
Rocket Crockett and The Shanghai She-Devil
In this homage to 1950s pulp fiction, Lt. Rufus “Rocket” Crockett battles gangsters on the streets of Harlem, assassins in…
Sanctuaries in Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book
Walter’s book is a collection of essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in The Sketch Book. This volume, part of…
Talk of Many Things
In this memoir, Gowen recounts his childhood in Italy and his diverse career and travel experiences. A New York City…
Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud
Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud produced in late ancient Mesopotamia, Moulie Vidas analyzes key passages to show how the Talmud’s…