CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

The True West
Mifflin Lowe ’70’s children’s book offers an untold perspective of the diversity of those in the American West in The…
How to Read Architecture
Paulette Singley *98 offers a fresh perspective on architecture based on the idea that observers already interpret structures and that…
Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters are Breaking America
Since Nov. 8, 2016, critics of Donald Trump have organized and carried out a “Resistance” to the Trump presidency —…
Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers
In this anthology of new short stories, Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers (Akashic Books)…
Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition
In this memoir, P. Carl reflects on his transition to becoming a man after 50 years of living as a…
The Nevada Test Site
In the second half of the 20th century, nuclear bombs rained down on the Nevada National Security Test Site —…
The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall: Newspapers on Stage in July Monarchy France
When commercial newspapers arrived in France in 1836, the established theater industry provided popular public commentary on its function in…
Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones
In this collection of essays, Daniel Mendelsohn *94 analyzes and comments on a range of issues through classical lens, finding…
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Though most people accept global warming as truth, not everybody acts to combat it. In We Are the Weather: Saving…
Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It
Disinformation has become increasingly pervasive in global politics but democracies are struggling to fight it. Richard Stengel ’77 crafts a…
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
In Surprise, Kill, Vanish (Little, Brown, and Company), Annie Jacobsen ’89 uses veteran soldier Billy Vaughn to provide a behind-the-scenes…
Richard Diebenkorn: A Retrospective
In Richard Diebenkorn: A Retrospective (Rizzoli), art historian Sasha Nicholas ’00 joins hundreds of Diebenkorn’s works with recent scholarly research…
The Necessary Fiction: Life With James Joyce’s Ulysses
In The Necessary Fiction: Life With James Joyce’s Ulysses (Edward Everett Root Co. Ltd.), Michael Groden *75, a professor on…
Silicon Photonics: Fueling the Next Information
In Silicon Photonics: Fueling the Next Information Revolution (Morgan Kaufmann), Daryl Innis ’83 details the trend away from using chips…
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon (Scholastic Inc.) shows Alan Bean, a pilot with dreams of painting life from the…
Mississippi Reckoning
In Mississippi Reckoning (Hunts Point Press) by Mitchell Zimmerman *65, attorney Gideon Roth watches his life collapse after he sees…
Common Reason and Uncommon Politics: The American Revolution in the Twenty-First Century
Common Reason and Uncommon Politics (Belcrest Press) explores how the philosophy behind the American Revolution can inspire a new political…
Paying it Backward
In Paying it Backward (Hawthorne Books), Tony March and Marvin Karlins *66 detail March’s rise from poverty in Daytona Beach…

















