PW: Cruising with the Left to a War in Utopia
October 5, 2009
Reviews of two of our biggest fall titles are in the latest Publishers Weekly. The Left at War by Michael Bérubé. Fresh off the 2008 election and anticipating an ascendancy… READ MORE
Category: Gender & Sexuality
Video: The Social Anxiety of Babysitting
September 29, 2009
Author Miriam Forman-Brunell talks on the Brian Lehrer Show about the history of babysitting in America (also the topic of her book).
Talking about Sex with South African Women
September 28, 2009
On September 17th and 18th, Jeanne Flavin, author of Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America and 2009 Fulbright Award recipient, led all-day workshops with 67… READ MORE
Lolita, psycho nanny or the girl next door?
September 17, 2009
A beautiful co-ed and her friend take a baby-sitting job at a creepy old mansion only to discover that there is no baby and that they have become trapped in… READ MORE
The Sky Isn’t Falling: Gay Marriage Has Not Destroyed the Institution
August 20, 2009
The following is an excerpt from When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage by M. V. Lee Badgett, posted at Alternet. Dutch winters are notorious… READ MORE
The Space Behind Sonia Sotomayor
June 30, 2009
Lázaro Lima, author of The Latino Body: Crisis Identities in American Literary and Cultural Memory, offers a look at the particular type of racism on the rise with Judge Sonia… READ MORE
Hot Pants for One-year-olds, Padded Bras for Pre-teens?
February 5, 2009
By Megan Seely, author of Fight Like a Girl: How to be a Fearless Feminist I was in a store this summer with my one-year-old daughter looking for a pair… READ MORE
Podcasts Potpourri! Lopate, Lehrer and 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