CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History & the Modern Literary Imagination
(Stanford University Press) In this book, Sephardism is defined as a political literary metaphor. The contributors ask why Gentile and…
Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(Princeton University Press) This book examines the political, intellectual, and economic roots of the shift from patronage to a freelance…
Nathaniel Purple
(Voyage/Brigantine Media) This novella is named for its narrator — Nathaniel Purple, the librarian of a small Vermont town. This…
How Many Jelly Beans? A Giant Book of Giant Numbers!
(Chronicle Books) This large picture book for children 3 to 8 years old features Emma and her Brother Aiden, who…
My Date with Neanderthal Woman
(Dzanc Books) This collection of short stories won Dzanc Books’ first short-story collection prize. The title piece is about a…
Dreamtime: A Happy Book
(University of South Carolina Press) In this collection of personal essays, Pickering reflects on life — retirement, aging, gardening, and…
An Appetite for Murder
(Obsidian) Hayley Snow, a freelance journalist and foodie, moved to Key West, Fla., to be with her boyfriend. Before long…
All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending
(Portfolio/Penguin) In this book, Vanderkam argues that we have more money than we think we do and enough to lead…
Red Nails, Black Skates: Gender, Cash, and Pleasure On and Off the Ice
(Duke University Press) Taking up figure skating in her 40s, Rand became immersed in the sport. In these essays, she…
What Matters? Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age
(Columbia University Press) This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical…
Mary’s Mosaic
(Skyhorse Publishing) This controversial book explores the life and death of Mary Pinchot Meyer, who had been romantically involved with…
Krav Maga Weapon Defenses
(Ymaa Publication Center) Krav maga is the Israel Defense Force’s official system of defense, and this book presents its most…
Felony Murder
(Stanford University Press) This book shows that the controversial felony murder doctrine rests powerfully on the concept that the guilt…
Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan
(University of California Press) Millions of paper artifacts are circulated throughout the planned city of Islamabad. This book asks what…
The Wagner Complex
(Free Scholar Press) Artin sets forth a psychoanalytic interpretation of Wagner’s Ring, focusing on the genesis and meaning of The…
The Rise and Fall of Meter: Poetry and the English National Culture
(Princeton University Press) This book tells the unknown story of English meter from the late 18th century until just after…
Seven at the Sevens: A Collection of Seven-Word Stories, Memoirs, and Poems
(WritersAnonymous.org) This book is a compilation of seven-word stories, memoirs, and poems that also includes essays on art and craft…