CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America
The Known Citizen (Harvard University Press) traces a detailed history of public discussion, legal battles, and changing opinions in the…
Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom’s Pursuit of Profit and Power
Saudi, Inc. (Pegasus Books) covers the remarkable rise of Saudi Arabia and the al Saud ruling family from regional kingdom…
Remembrance Acres
Stuart Hopen ’75 draws upon his nearly 40 years of experience as in-house council for a hospital to build Remembrance…
Twilight Patrol: Books 1-7
The Twilight Patrol series (Bold Venture Press) consists of seven books following the mythical, mystical, and mad Twilight Patrol, fighting…
Permission to Bloom
Permission to Bloom (Amazon) is the story of Michaela Rose, an ambitious college student with mental-health issues. Unable to maintain…
Bible Culture and Authority in the Early United States
The Bible was considered an authoritative document in early America, but as religion professor Seth Perry notes, “books do not…
Lake Pontchartrain: A Novel of Love and Betrayal
Set in the Carolinas in the time between the Civil War and World War II, Lake Pontchartrain (Pegasus Publishers) follows…
Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and Byzantium (Routledge) collects a number of essays from scholars…
Behold, America: The Entangled History of ‘America First’ and ‘the American Dream’
“America First” and “the American Dream” became widely-discussed, charged phrases during the 2018 presidential election, as then-candidate Donald Trump declared…
Ideals of the Body: Architecture, Urbanism, and Hygiene in Postrevolutionary Paris
From 1800 to 1850, the city of Paris was renovated to prioritize personal health — adding parks, swimming pools, gymnasiums…
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin) collects 70 new sonnets extracted from the current political moment, commenting…
Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes
Moderation, while lauded, has often been pushed aside for extreme opinions that engage audiences and win votes. Faces of Moderation…
Big Copyright Versus the People
Copyright law was created to ensure that individuals may profit from the results of their creativity. Big Copyright Versus the…
An End to Upside Down Thinking
An End to Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling the Myth that the Brain Produces Consciousness, and the Implications for Everyday Life…
No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding
No Property in Man (Harvard University Press) responds to the notion that the Constitution was meant to perpetuate slavery by…
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
Looking for Lorraine (Beacon) charts the as-yet-unsung life of artist Lorraine Hansberry. Before her untimely death at age 34, she…
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
Author Nell Painter spent 30 years as an eminent historian, including 17 years at Princeton. Then she changed direction –…
After the Carolingians
Manuscript illumination became more widespread and varied in the 10th and 11th centuries. After the Carolingians: Re-defining Manuscript Illumination in…
