CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
David Callahan *98 charts the rise of new power players as they convert the fortune of a second Gilded Age…
Goethe: Life as a Work of Art
Goethe: Life as a Work of Art (Liveright) is the first biography in a generation to tell the story of…
The Weight of Ink
In her new novel, The Weight of Ink (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Rachel Kadish ’91 tells of two women separated by…
Ageing: A Very Short Introduction
In Ageing: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press), Nancy A. Pachana ’87 discusses the lifelong dynamic changes in biology…
Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing
In his debut book of poetry, Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing (Southern Illinois University Press), Charif Shanahan ’05…
Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art
The artists’ books made in Russia between 1910 and 1915 are like no others. Unique in their fusion of the…
Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence
Though many Jews and Ukrainians care about their respective ancestral heritages, they often view one another through stereotypes, misperceptions, and…
Aristotle’s Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens
Aristotle was the first philosopher in the Western tradition to address politics systematically and empirically, and he continues to be…
Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History
Cathy Caruth ’77 claims in Unclaimed Experience (Johns Hopkins University Press) that in the experience of trauma and our attempt…
Extreme Domesticity: A View from the Margins
In Extreme Domesticity (Columbia University Press), Susan Fraiman ’78 reminds readers that keeping house is just as likely to involve…
American Dream With Exit Wound
In her new book of poetry, neurologist and writer Dawn McGuire ’76 discusses the psychological wounds returning soldiers bring home…
The Mathematics Lover’s Companion
How can a shape have more than one dimension but fewer than two? Can you tile your floor with regular…
Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris: The Story of a Friendship, a Novel, and a Terrible Year
France suffered a humiliating defeat from Prussia and saw bloody class warfare from the summer of 1870 to the spring…
The Koran in English: A Biography
The Koran in English (Princeton University Press) revisits the life of Muhammad and origins of the Koran before discussing the…
A Little More Human
Creative writing professor Fiona Maazel’s new novel, A Little More Human (Graywolf) stars Phil Snyder, a nursing assistant by day…
The Trembling Answers
In his fourth book of poetry, The Trembling Answers (BOA Editions), creative writing professor Craig Morgan Teicher explores the trade-offs…
Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo
Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo (HarperCollins) is one of The New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books for…
Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified?
Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified? (Princeton University Press) introduces readers to the new frontier of physics. It is…
