CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Beautiful Chaos of Growing Up
Ari Satok ’14’s second collection of poems, The Beautiful Chaos of Growing Up (Amazon), aims to capture the humor and…
Walking Backwards: Poems 1966-2016
Walking Backwards (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) is a collection of poems from John Koethe ’67’s previous 10 compilations. It also…
Vexy Thing
As a way to better direct feminist thought, Vexy Thing (Duke University Press) seeks to nail down the origins and…
The Chinese Pleasure Book
The Chinese Pleasure Book (Zone Books) addresses views towards pleasure in early Chinese writings, including how Chinese thinkers viewed long-term…
A Manifesto for Social Progress
Drawing from a lengthy report prepared by the International Panel on Social Progress, A Manifesto for Social Progress (Cambridge University…
Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century
A sociological profile of Miami, Global Edge (University of California Press) examines the city’s distinct Cuban and Latin culture, the…
Bonk! Mommy Was Hit by a Giant, Frozen
Ellie Allen ’16 explains traumatic brain injuries in terms children can understand in her book Bonk! Mommy Was Hit by…
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution
Last Boat Out of Shanghai (Ballantine Books) traces the dramatic story of four young people who fled the city in…
How the Rats Re-Formed Congress
How the Rats Re-Formed Congress (Center for Study of Responsive Law) is a fable featuring rats who trigger a citizens’…
To the Ramparts
Ralph Nader ’55, longtime activist and former presidential candidate, illustrates in his new book To the Ramparts: How Bush and…
Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
In her second book, Hollywood’s Eve (Simon & Schuster), Lili Anolik ’00 introduces a new generation to the story of…
The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
In The Burning Shores (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Frederic Wehrey *02 delivers a fast-paced narrative tracing Libya post Qadhafi. Blending…
The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
Paul Steinhardt, professor of physics, spent 35 years on a quest to challenge conventional wisdom and find new forms of…
Murrieta’s Leap
In his sixth novel, John Selby ’68 writes a modern coming-of-age story that delves into the Ojai’s Chumash Indian heritage…
Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every
Following the success of her first book The One Bottle Cocktail, Maggie Hoffman ’04 is back with 65 new recipes…
Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
In Stay the Course (Wiley), legendary investor and index-fund pioneer John Bogle ’51 tells the story of his life and…
The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton
The success of 18th-century British merchant and writer William Hutton was intimately connected to the growth of his chosen home…
Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work
Taking a cue from Bob Dylan’s reception of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan’s Poetics (Zone Press) analyzes…
