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 16, 2008
A short article by Howard Chudacoff, author of Children at Play: An American History (NYU Press 2008) This year, surveys are showing that 36 percent of American families expect to… READ MORE
December 10, 2008
The British Broadcasting Co. interviewed David Freeland about the endangered landmark. His upcoming book is called Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure
December 8, 2008
Constance Rosenblum, editor of the City section of the New York Times, will be taking questions on her job all week long at NYtimes.com. She’s the author of the forthcoming… READ MORE
December 4, 2008
Last Sunday, the UK Guardian published an investigative report on the effects of the slumping economy on the illegal drug trade in rural farming towns. Frequently quoted was Nicolas Rasmussen,… READ MORE
November 24, 2008
Corporate Social Irresponsibility in Bananaland Marcelo Bucheli (author of Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000. New York: New York University Press, 2005) After extended efforts to… READ MORE
November 19, 2008
Tin Pan Alley, the longtime NYC home of America’s songwriting industry, is up for sale. The New York Times wrote about efforts to save the historic block, using an interview… READ MORE
November 17, 2008
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison recently endorsed White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America (NYU Press 2008), by Michael Walsh and Don Jordan. On NPR’s All… READ MORE