January 28, 2010
An article about the Modern Languages Association’s annual meeting by Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors. His new book, No University Is an Island: Saving Academic… READ MORE
January 25, 2010
From popmatters.com – It’s easy to tell the difference between a book that is written with genuine passion, and one that’s written to fulfill a contract, or build a curriculum… READ MORE
January 22, 2010
The Back Table is a new blog highlighting special collections at the libraries of New York University. This blog was born out of a collective interest among archives and library… READ MORE
January 21, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reviews Spirituality, Inc.: Religion in the American Workplace by Lake Lambert III. In a country where the line defining the separation of church and state is… READ MORE
January 20, 2010
The Association for Asian American Studies has awarded Jamillah Karim’s American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah its 2008 Book Award in Social Sciences! The award… READ MORE
January 19, 2010
José Ramón Sánchez , author of Boricua Power, wrote a great article a couple weeks ago about the NYTimes ignoring Latinos in its year-end round up of deaths. Read the… READ MORE
January 14, 2010
By Jonathan Gray As Avatar runs rampant through box office records, it’s also doing a beautiful job of illustrating the key argument of my new book Show Sold Separately: Promos,… READ MORE
January 13, 2010
Hasia R. Diner is the winner of the American Jewish Studies/Celebrate 350 Award for new book from NYU Press, We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth… READ MORE