Christopher Thornton is a professor of writing at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. He has worked as a special correspondent to the U.S. State Department’s International Information Program, writing feature stories on Arab and Muslim life in the United … Continue reading From the Desk of Christopher Thornton: The Real Iran
Happy University Press Week! Today the UP Week Blog Tour’s theme is “How to be a Better (Global) Citizen.” The following is a guest post from award-winning author Robin Hemley, whose book Borderline Citizen is coming out in March 2020. I’m Not … Continue reading University Press Week: Citizenship with Robin Hemley
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in November. Anna Weir: One of my favorite parts of working in … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Native American Histories, Baijiu, and Other November Books
The Jewish Publication Society has recently released this two-volume work examining Neo-Hasidism, offering a look at writings by both the movement’s originators and its current scholars. About Roots: Neo-Hasidism applies the Hasidic masters’ spiritual insights—of God’s presence everywhere, of … Continue reading New from JPS: A New Look at Neo-Hasidism
The following is an excerpt from Hell with the Lid Off: Inside the Fierce Rivalry between the 1970s Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers by Ed Gruver and Jim Campbell (October 2019). Chapter 2: Darth Raider and the Mad Bomber If the Dallas … Continue reading Excerpt: Hell with the Lid Off
Anna Weir is a publicist at UNP and is her father’s daughter. Lise Funderburg is a writer and editor as well as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania. Funderburg’s collection of oral histories, Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans … Continue reading The Most Interesting Dinner Party You’d Ever Attend: An Interview with Lise Funderburg
The following is an excerpt from The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862-1916 by Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly (October, 2019). The book is part of the Borderlands and Transcultural Studies series, a venue for the scholarly study of borderlands—of the encounters, intersections, … Continue reading Excerpt: The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862-1916
The following is an excerpt from Kyrie Irving: Uncle Drew, Little Mountain, and Enigmatic NBA Superstar (October 2019). Author Martin Gitlin is a veteran sportswriter who worked for seven years at CBSSports.com and has won more than forty-five awards as … Continue reading Excerpt: Kyrie Irving
The following is an excerpt from Salvific Manhood: James Baldwin’s Novelization of Male Intimacy (October 2019) by Ernest L. Gibson III. Introduction In Search of the Fraternal My most immediate memories of my grandmother involve the church, the Black church, to … Continue reading Excerpt: Salvific Manhood
The following is an excerpt from Bodies Built for Game edited by Natalie Diaz with associate editor Hannah Ensor (October 2019). From the introduction by Natalie Diaz: Before each of my basketball games, from rec league to high school, my mother told … Continue reading Excerpt: Bodies Built for Game
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