CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Twelve Theses on Attention
According to The Friends of Attention “True attention takes the unlivable, and makes it livable.” This group of activist-critics, utopian…
Fixing Social Security
In Fixing Social Security (Princeton University Press) R. Douglas Arnold explores the history of Social Security in America and its…
Parasites, Pussycats, and Psychosis: The Unknown Dangers of Human Toxoplasmosis
In his latest book, E. Fuller Torrey '59 analyzes evidence linking the dangerous parasite infection Toxoplasma gondii to rises in…
Witchcraft Legacy
Rich Brewster ’64's latest memoir starts in the attic of his childhood home, where he and his brother discovered an…
Extinction Notice: Tales of a Warming Earth
This climate fiction anthology features 41 stories by a diverse group of authors from around the world. The goal is…
Hooked
How do people become interested in politics? A prescient question for a world where anyone’s political opinion can be accessed…
Gawkers
In Gawkers (Princeton University Press), Alsdorf focuses on the representation of badauds – curious figures who are passive and often…
Fixing Stories
Fixing Stories (Cambridge University Press) examines the key role of the fixer as an asset to international news reporting. Focused…
Black Bodies, White Gold
Using cotton as a central focus, Arabindan-Kesson presents new interpretations of the way art, commerce, and colonialism were intertwined in…
Samurai and the Warrior Culture of Japan, 471-1877
Using unexpected source material including sword inscriptions, petitions, and letters, Samurai and the Warrior Culture of Japan, 471-1877 (Hackett Publishing…
Saints of Resistance
In her latest book, Lee offers an original analysis of the roots of the beliefs and rituals linked to the…
To Be Made Well
Theologian Amy Julia Becker offers words of hope and encouragement to readers of To Be Made Well (Harold Press). Sharing…
The Damage Done
In a world without violence, how can society function? In his new novel The Damage Done (Penguin Random House), Landweber…
Tales of a Minstrel of Reims in the Thirteenth Century
In this translation from the 13th century, an anonymous French minstrel tells a gripping story of the Crusades. As Christian…
Disorder: A History or Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine
Swenson provides an unsettling summary of the public and private health systems of the United States, and their dark, clandestine…
Strong Connections: Stories of Resilience from the Far Reaches of the Mobile Phone Revolution
In Strong Connections (River Grove Books), Wang explores the often-overlooked communities that have been left behind in the digital revolution…
Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li
Li invites readers to join the journey of a global online book club that read Tolstoy’s War and Peace together…
True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
Long regarded as one of life’s most popular ‘guilty pleasures,’ do you ever wonder what watching reality TV really means…
