February 9, 2009
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences has named When Mothers Kill: Interviews from Prison, by Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer, as their 2008 Outstanding Book of the Year. Congrats… READ MORE
February 2, 2009
South Africa is infamous for its apartheid system of discrimination, which existed from the 1940s to the 1990s. Today, however, the issue of violent crime has taken center stage. In… READ MORE
January 26, 2009
by Ilene Kalish, Executive Editor at NYU Press There’s a lot talk these days about the rise of new media and the inevitable “death of the book.” You’ve all heard… READ MORE
January 16, 2009
Graffiti Lives author Gregory Snyder will be accompanied by one of the subjects of his book, KEZAM, at his events in NYC next week – both readings free and open… READ MORE
January 13, 2009
Check out the black book, a companion to Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground. The black book, assembled by author Greg Snyder, is a collection of… READ MORE
December 19, 2008
A lot of excellent interviews online for NYU Press authors this week: Editor Julia Mickenberg and contributors Charlotte Pomerantz and Joe Molner talk about their anthology of radical children’s literature,… READ MORE
December 12, 2008
NYU Press author Jeanne Flavin hosted a get-together on Wednesday for her new book, Our Bodies, Our Crimes, at Lucky Jack’s in the LES. The event was a smashing success;… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of The Color of Crime (2nd ed., NYU Press 2008), in an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel, writes about the largely unnoticed trends in racial hoaxes among… READ MORE