Fanny Palmer: The Life and Works of a Currier & Ives Artist has won the American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) Ewell L. Newman Book Award This prestigious award recognizes outstanding publications that enhance appreciation of American prints at least one hundred years old. The emphasis of the award is on the quality of the project and it’s outstanding contribution to the subject.
Sneak preview of books coming out in 2019 from around the world. Includes- Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue Shibli Numani Translated by Gregory Maxwell Bruce The Odyssey of an Apple Thief Moishe Rozenbaumas Edited by Isabelle Rozenbaumas The Book of Disappearance: A Novel Ibtisam Azem Translated from Arabic by Sinan Antoon
Building the Perfect Boxing Library, Quarantine Style Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano and The Onion Picker: Carmen Basilio and Boxing in the 1950s included in BoxingScene.com’s top ten list of of boxing books. Read the full article
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Ibrahim al-Koni, the highly acclaimed Libyan novelist and finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, was named the Cultural Personality of the Year for the 42nd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2023. This acknowledgment emphasizes al-Koni’s exceptional contributions to the world of literature, which have enriched readers’ understanding of culture and heritage. Al-Koni is the author of A Sleepless Eye: Aphorisms from the Sahara.
Jadaliyya Q&A with Waleed Mahdi SU Press author Charles Kastner won the 2020 Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Peace Corps Writers Award for Race Across America: Eddie Gardner and the Great Bunion Derbies. Kastner chronicles the story of African American runner, Eddie “The Sheik” Gardner who withstood daily death threats and intimidation to compete at the highest levels of the new sports of trans-America racing, and became a symbol hope and pride to Black America for his courage. Chuck Kastner discusses “Race Across America” racism, sports, courage and running with the host of Downtown with Rich Kimball Click below to listen to…