What is a book? A paean to the power of Graffiti Lives
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
Tag: Cultural Studies
Podcasts For Your Weekend!
January 23, 2009
Tales for Little Rebels on Against the Grain Wouldn’t it be nice if people learned as children about nonviolence, about rejecting bigotry and war, about social justice? Tales for Little… 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
MLA First Book Prize: Arranging Grief
December 17, 2008
A big award for an NYU Press author! From the Georgetown University announcement: The Modern Language Association (MLA) of America has awarded the 2008 Prize for a First Book to… READ MORE
A Cheaper Christmas Means Richer Imaginations
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
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