CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
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…
Robert’s Rules of Writing (Second Edition): 111 Unconventional Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know
Designed for all types of writers, this second edition of Robert’s Rules of Writing offers a plethora of tips and…
Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
By analyzing the economic development of America in the 18th and 19th centuries, Trading Freedom (University of Chicago Press) attempts…
The Political Soul: Plato on Thumos, Spirited Motivation, and the City
Reflecting on the intersectional nature of Plato’s psychology and political philosophy, with special attention to the spirited portion of the…
Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States
In her latest book, history professor Laura Edwards traces law, commerce, and industry through textiles, the prominent people involved in…
Recitatif
Morrison’s only published short story, Recitatif (Knopf) was first published in 1983 and follows the lives of two women, Twyla…
Finding Judge Crater: A Life and Phenomenal Disappearance in Jazz Age New York
One night in August 1930, newly appointed judge and prominent Manhattanite Joseph Force Crater suddenly vanished after hailing a taxi…
