CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Mary’s Mosaic
(Skyhorse Publishing) This controversial book explores the life and death of Mary Pinchot Meyer, who had been romantically involved with…
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…
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…
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…
An Appetite for Murder
(Obsidian) Hayley Snow, a freelance journalist and foodie, moved to Key West, Fla., to be with her boyfriend. Before long…
Dreamtime: A Happy Book
(University of South Carolina Press) In this collection of personal essays, Pickering reflects on life — retirement, aging, gardening, and…
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…
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…
So Big Yet So Small
(Mascot Books) This picture book explores the world of aircraft carriers, showing young readers how a ship that seems so…
One Town, Many Voices: A History of Davidson, North Carolina
(Davidson Historical Society) This book explores the history of Davidson, a quintessential college town in the greater Charlotte region of…
How Not to Kill Your Baby: A Slightly Useless Guide
(Andrews McMeel Publishing) In this tongue-in-cheek parenting manual, Weinstein offers humorous advice on everything from when to get pregnant (“exactly…
Diplomatic Gardens of Washington
(Schiffer Publishing Ltd.) Stevens and Kelly explore the private gardens behind embassy walls in Washington, D.C. This book includes 168…
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…
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…
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…