CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975
The Vietnam War weighed heavily on the minds of artists — painters, sculptors, photographers, performers, filmmakers, and more. Artists Respond…
The War for Gaul
Julius Caesar was fighting an unnecessary, brutal war in Europe, periodically sending messages back to Rome to describe his success…
How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
How to Keep Your Cool (Princeton University Press) is a translation of select passages from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca’s…
A Vision of Yemen: The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide
A Vision of Yemen (Stanford University Press) is the reflective first-hand account of Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew who accompanied…
Wendy Wasserstein
Late 20th century playwright Wendy Wasserstein’s works were popular — and remain so — but garnered criticism from some feminists…
The Mama Sutra: A Story of Love, Loss, and the Path of Motherhood
Yoga teacher and Buddhist writer Anne Cushman ’84 says that motherhood is a form of “spiritual practice.” In The Mama…
How to Not F$$k Up Your Financial Future and the Rest of Your Life
Financial adviser Louis Berlin ’75 dispenses practical advice about investing, insurance, and planning for retirement in plain language. How to…
The Human Network
In The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors (Pantheon), Stanford economics professor Matthew Jackson…
Hungry
In 2014, food critic Jeff Gordinier ’88 met with world-renowned chef René Redzepi for what he thought would be a…
Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
Autumn Light (Knopf) is a memoir about Japanese life and culture, revealed through occasions of death, aging, and conflict in…
Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
In Heroic Failure (Apollo), literary critic and Irish political commentator Fintan O’Toole analyzes the attitudes that led to the vote…
Kill Class
Kill Class (Tupelo) is a collection of poetry set amidst the forests of Pineland, an area in North Carolina where…
The Deepest Blue
Set in the same universe as her Queens of Renthia series, Durst’s standalone novel The Deepest Blue (Morrow) follows Mayara…
Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
The late Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure in American healthcare policy, advising presidents from both parties and Congress on…
One-Person, No Vote: How All Voters Are Not Treated Equal
A young-adult version of Carol Anderson’s book by the same, One Person, No Vote (Bloomsbury YA) traces the history of…
Becoming
Former First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 chronicles her life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her…
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
Prize-winning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold ’95 spent seven years following the story of a small town in the Appalachia…
On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration
What happens to the 700,000 former prisoners who rejoin society every year? On the Outside (University of Chicago) provides hard…
