CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Book of Essie
The novel The Book of Essie (Knopf) follows Esther Hicks, who has grown up being filmed for a reality TV…
Conversations with John A. Williams
John A. Williams (1925-2015) wrote 12 novels and was a three-time winner of the American Book Award. Conversations with John…
We’re Doomed. Now What?: Essays on War and Climate Change
Roy Scranton *16 addresses the crises of our time: climate change, war, literature, and loss, in a series of essays…
Corinth in Late Antiquity: A Greek, Roman, and Christian City
Corinth was an influential merchant city from the second through sixth centuries A.D., and it later became important for Christianity…
Cybercrime and Security
Laws still severely lag behind developments in technology and technology-based crimes, but Cybercrime and Security (Thomson Reuters) offers legal discussion…
The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice
In 1919, three Chinese diplomats were assassinated in Washington, D.C., leaving little evidence and no leads. Police beat a confession…
Cowboy Howie. The Adventure of the Central Park Coyote & Thanksgiving Day Parade
Cowboy Howie (CreateSpace) is a children’s book about Howie Kaplinsky, who imagines that the dogs walking down the streets of…
Richard Potter: America’s First Black Celebrity
Though he is not well known today, 200 years ago Richard Potter was the first entertainer to win national fame…
The Stone Girl’s Story
Mayka and her family are made of stone but were brought to life by the stories that were etched into…
The Last Utopians: Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy
Four figures — Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman — were writers who argued for things…
Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of Confederacy
Denmark Vesey’s Garden (The New Press) speaks to current controversies over Confederate monuments and how we are to remember slavery…
Humanitarian Hypocrisy: Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations
There are often huge disparities between governments’ stated commitment to protect civilians undertake peace operations and their willingness to allocate…
Robin
Robin Williams’s smart humor masked self-doubt, long struggles with addiction, and depression, as Dave Itzkoff ’98 shows in Robin (Henry…
Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change
Reverend Jim Antal ’72 argues that climate change is the greatest moral challenge the world has faced because it makes…
Dear Friends: The Letters of St. Paul to Christians in America
In the first century, Paul wrote to Christians about important problems in his day like marriage and how Christians should…
Devotions and Desires: Histories of Sexuality and Religion in the Twentieth Century United States
Gillian Frank, a visiting fellow studying religion at Princeton, Bethany Moreton, and Heather R. White *07 discuss the history of…
Rose Fear
The poems in Rose Fear (World Poetry Books) are indebted to Sappho’s work. Written by Maria Laina and translated from…
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
Set the World on Fire (University of Pennsylvania Press) is a historical account of an overlooked group of women who…
