Hooking Up with the New York Times
December 15, 2008
NYTimes op-ed columnist Charles M. Blow wanted to write a column lamenting the end of the dating culture among teenagers. So, he put in a call to Kathleen Bogle, author… READ MORE
Category: Anthropology
Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Díaz says Latino Spin is his “Book of the Year”
December 11, 2008
Junot Díaz, winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for his book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was asked by NY Daily News what his favorite Latino book was… READ MORE
The Latino Spin Book Party & Danceathon
December 9, 2008
In what was no doubt the loudest and most-danceable party in NYU Press history, author Arlene Davila welcomed over one hundred of her friends and colleagues into the King Juan… READ MORE
Spin on the Latino Middle Class
December 3, 2008
Although we’re not in the habit of posting regular book reviews on this blog, the San Francisco Chronicle’s take on Arlene Davila’s Latino Spin is particularly insightful. Conservative pundits describe… READ MORE
Everybody Loves Wendy
December 2, 2008
A very nice story about one of our favorite NYU Press authors, Wendy Chapkis (Dying to Get High, 2008). I worked selling subscriptions at the San Francisco Symphony. My arts… READ MORE
God Bless America(?)
October 22, 2008
Phil Zuckerman, professor of sociology at Pitzer College, is the author of Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell us About Contentment, (NYU Press 2008). The candidates… READ MORE