“Fast forward to 2023 on a hike in the Tucson mountains. In a flash of self-discovery, wondering what it would be like to go back to a river to see what had changed in 35 intervening years, I decided to paddle the Hudson a second time.”
Happy Halloween, readers! Alongside our many celebrated series, SUP has published a number of books fitting the holiday, such as tracing the history of werewolf legends, examining the minds of killers and a psychiatrist with an unhealthy appetite, and deeply analyzing one of the most famous and iconic vampires of all time. That being said, this year, we wanted to know what really scares the SUP staff and put together a list of some of our recommended literary horror tales. Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano “Creepy” is the main descriptor for this one. When the protagonist visits a tiny island…
Get in the Halloween spirit with some spooky suggestions from Syracuse University Press staff.
Happy Holidays from Syracuse University Press!
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish Studies titles.
As Thanksgiving and winter holidays approach, many people return to classic and treasured family recipes, returning to traditional favorite foods. At Syracuse University Press, we wanted to see what books in our library may help plan a traditional Thanksgiving. With that in mind, we turn to The Sensible Cook: Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World. Originally published in Dutch in 1667, the SUP edition was republished in 1998 with a new translation and commentary by Peter G. Rose, The Sensible Cook allows a look back at middle class Dutch life in the 17th Century, both in the…
Happy Holidays, readers! Until December 15, all of our books are 40% off in our annual Holiday Sale. That’s hundreds of titles across dozens of our series. For those less sure of what they’re looking for, we can offer some suitable gifting advice for the season. The Decoration of Houses Edith Wharton’s The Decoration of Houses, co-written with the architect Ogden Codman Jr., brought transatlantic fame to a writer best known as a chronicler of Gilded Age New York. In their decorating guidebook, Wharton and Codman, who collaborated on the design of the author’s Massachusetts home, The Mount, advocated for…
Take a look inside the new edition.
Sketching the Adirondacks: Letters from the Wilderness, a new work of literary nonfiction from author Edward Pitts, tells the story of artists Jervis McEntee and Joseph Tubby as the pair journey through the Adirondacks in 1851, sketching what they find to use as painting reference. The book takes the form of a series of letters the pair write home, giving a personal dimension to their artistic journey. In time with the book’s release, we sat down to talk with the author about his process, how he views the characters, and his relationship to the wild places Tubby and McEntee sketched….
August is here and with it comes a new publishing season for Syracuse University Press.