CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Queer Career
In Queer Career (Princeton University Press) Canaday sets out to review and re-write our understanding of queer people in the…
Writing with Pleasure
In her latest book poet, scholar, and teacher Helen Sword sets out to re-energize those who find writing to be…
Hope and Fortune
The children’s picture book Hope and Fortune (Black Rose Writing) tells the story of Esperanza and the multicultural and multigenerational…
Elverhoj
The word Elverhoj which is Danish for “hill of the fairies” refers to an arts and crafts colony established by…
Marjorie Sewell Cautley, Landscape Architecture for the Motor Age
Marjorie Sewell Cautley’s impact on the field of architecture is undeniable. She was the first woman landscape atheist to design…
Merchants of Virtue
In Merchants of Virtue (University of California Press), Cherian explores what it meant to be Hindu in precolonial South Asia…
Ink Under the Fingernails
Zeltsman explores the impact of the printing press, by taking readers into the printing shops, government offices, courtrooms, and stress…
The King’s Road
This book tells the story of diplomatic travelers on the Silk Road — the network of Eurasian trade routes spanning…
Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism
In this new book, Bartsch highlights China’s interpretation (and misinterpretation) of the Greek classics as a way to better understand…
Myth America
It’s no secret that the lines between fact and fiction continue to blur — and are further fueled by the…
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
In this second edition, Race, Monogamy, and other Lies They Told You (University of California Press) again tackles common myths…
Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams: A Reappraisal
Near the end of the 19th century, Freud published his famous work I nterpretation of Dreams. In it he lays…
Straight Through the Labyrinth
This true story uncovers Lighte’s harrowing journey to adopt his two daughters from Hong Kong, China. A gay Jewish scholar…
Texas Government in a Nutshell
Possessing a rich, unique history unparalleled by nearly any of the other 49 states, the political history of Texas is…
Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945
Often forgotten in the bloody history of the early 20th century, Japan embarked on a series of colonial conquests, seeking…
The Case for Case Studies
Case studies are one of the dominant pedagogical tools across a wide variety of disciplines, from business to higher education…
A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies’ Book
With a print run from January 1920 to December 1921, The Brownies’ Book was the first magazine published for Black…
The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing
Weinstein, a comparative literature professor at Brown University, mixes passion and humor to reflect on the role that literature plays…
