Nonfiction

Sociologist Allison Daminger ’12 Researched Mental Workload in Family Life

In What’s on Her Mind, Daminger shows women take on the majority of cognitive labor at home

Ted Floyd ’90 Recommends Three Books on Birding and Nature Study

Floyd’s latest book is a field guide to the birds of the U.S. and Canada

Todd Purdum ’82 Penned a Biography of Television Visionary Desi Arnaz

‘The biggest takeaway from Desi’s story for me is that talent in our country comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and sometimes in the most unlikely packages’

Andrew Hui *09 Studies the Study

In The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries, Hui examines the origins and the ambivalent nature of personal spaces devoted to books

Giri Nathan ’13 Captures a New Tennis Rivalry

Some say it’s too early to elevate Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, but the co-founder of Defector Media disagrees

Will Bardenwerper ’98 Chronicles a Baseball Rebirth

Bardenwerper’s new book is Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America

Professors Catherine Clinton *80 and Rhae Lynne Barnes on ‘Roe’

A new book by the two history professors analyzes the current political turning point for abortion

Susan Wan Dolling ’76 *82 Celebrates Poetry of The Tang Dynasty in New Book

Jeremy Nobel ’77 Offers Insights into Human Loneliness and Hope for Lasting Solutions in New Book

PAW Book Club: ‘Going Infinite’ by Michael Lewis ’82

“On the witness stand, [Sam Bankman-Fried] came across as more dishonest than I’ve ever experienced him in life.”

George Peper ’72 Collaborates on New Book about Legendary Golf Agent Hughes Norton

Alexandre Montagu ’87 and professor David Bellos Explore the Complicated World of Copyright in New Book

Christen A. Smith ’99 Collaborates with Co-editors to Translate the Work of a Brazil Black Movement Icon

Tshepo Chéry ’03 Analyzes Segregationist South Africa in ‘Kingdom Come’

R. Isabela Morales *19 Builds Book on Slavery From her Dissertation

Peter Benjaminson *77 Traces History of Beloved Icon Betty Boop

Nancy Weiss Malkiel Honors William G. Bowen’s Impact on Princeton

Bill Rosenblatt ’83 and Howie Singer Explore Technological Advancements in Music

Miriam Baer ’93 Unpacks the Pathologies of White-Collar Crimes in New Book

Alan Kahan ’80 Explores the History of Liberalism in New Book

Jeff Fuhrer ’79 Unpacks Race and Economics in Latest Book

Damon Young ’95 Reflects on Life and Happiness in ‘The Savior Inside You’

S.C. Gwynne ’74 Recounts the Tragic Story of R101 in New Book

Author Lisa Belkin ’82 Followed a Murder Back Four Generations

‘What we are doing is paving a path to the future, always, with everything we do’