From Exotica to Erotica: Historical Fiction or Fictional History in Mariana Islands Novels, 2012-2017

From Exotica to Erotica: Historical Fiction or Fictional History in Mariana Islands Novels, 2012-2017

By Anne Perez Hattori Excerpted from A Marianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life, published by University of Guam Press For much of the 19th and early 20th… READ MORE

Who’s Afraid of the Fangirl?

The tale of the Boy Band Fangirl By María Lucía Carrillo González When someone tells you that they are a One Direction or a BTS fan—or even better, when they… READ MORE

Required Reading: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Making up almost 30% of NYC’s population, the Latinx community is an integral part of the city. This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the richness of Latinx history, along with… READ MORE

The background is a photo of the New York City skyline when the Twin Towers still stood. Above the image is the book cover for 110 Stories.

Random Notes—September 11, 2001, 4:00 P.M. by Paul Auster

Excerpted from 110 Stories: New York Writes after September 11, edited by Ulrich Baer Our fourteen-year-old daughter started high school today. For the first time in her life, she rode… READ MORE

Brown and Gay in LA: A radical redefinition of what it means to be a gay person of color in America.

Excerpt from Brown and Gay in LA by Anthony Christian Ocampo “We need to talk,” my partner Joe tells me the night after the 2016 election. “If something happens to… READ MORE

Academic Books for Kids

November 14, 2008

By Jill Norgren, author of Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President The late Tony Hillerman did it; so have Madonna, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields, Bette Midler, and Lynne… READ MORE

Chronic Rebels

November 13, 2008

The Chronicle of Higher Education interviews Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel, authors of Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature. The idea for the book came after… READ MORE

Latino (Voter) Spin

November 12, 2008

Arlene Davila, author of Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race, takes a look at the way popular culture changes its perceptions of Latino values to suit its… READ MORE

Does Religion Make You Nice?

November 10, 2008

Or, does atheism make you mean? Those are the questions asked by Slate.com writer Paul Bloom in his review of Philip Zuckerman’s Society without God (NYU Press 2008). Many Americans… READ MORE

Better Read than Red

November 7, 2008

The Washington Post reviews Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature, edited by Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel. Check out the artwork from the book here or… READ MORE

A Vote to Change the World

November 6, 2008

By Hasan Kwame Jeffries, author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, forthcoming from NYU Press in 2009. My wife and I were tired. We’re… READ MORE

Indecision 2008: NYU Press Edition

November 5, 2008

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., co-editor of From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State and the forthcoming When Law Fails, made an appearance last night on Comedy Central’s “Indecision 2008” presidential… READ MORE

Black Founding Fathers & Barack

November 4, 2008

Rich Newman, author of Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers, discusses what this election might have meant to our nations black founding fathers…. READ MORE