CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
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…
Days of Awe
Days of Awe (Viking) is a collection of 12 new short stories from writer A.M. Homes, built around complex relationships…
Alexander Girard, Architect: Creating Midcentury Modern Masterpieces
Alexander Girard, Architect (Wayne State University Press) focuses on the titular designer’s work in Detroit, and especially the inventive midcentury…
Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics
While slavery was abolished more than 150 years ago, its ramifications echo into the present. Deep Roots (Princeton University Press)…
The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science
Developed partly in response to criticisms of modern science and literature rarely interacting, The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science…
