Month: March 2010

Transmedia Mogul Interviews a Paratext Pioneer

Jonathan Gray, author of Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts, was interviewed by Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture, on Henry’s blog. Jonathan, you are a highly… READ MORE

Recent Reviews: Empire, Lesbians, Mold

The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts, edited by Catherine Lutz, was featured in the Palestine Chronicle. They call it “a well crafted study and an… READ MORE

Author Named NYU Distinguished Teacher

NYU Press would like to congratulate Anthony Thompson, author of Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics, who received one of five 2009-2010 NYU Distinguished Teacher Awards. Professor Thompson… READ MORE

The Big Lie About Guantanamo Lawyers

Jonathan Hafetz, co-editor of The Guantanamo Lawyers, explains at the Huffington Post: The recent attacks on lawyers who have worked on behalf of Guantánamo detainees have employed the tactic of… READ MORE

So Many Awards for NYU Press!

The New York Society Library has chosen Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope Along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by Constance Rosenblum as a winner in the… READ MORE

Required Reading on Dreams

At Blog o’ Gnosis, Minister Ann Hill reviews Kelly Bulkeley’s Dreaming in the World’s Religions: A Comparative History. Dreaming in the World’s Religions finally answers the basic question: how did… READ MORE