Najwa Bin Shatwan wins the 2019 ArabLit Short Story Prize
Libyan author Najwa Bin Shatwan’s story “The Sharp Bend at Al-Bakur,” translated by Sawad Hussain, was awarded the 2019 ArabLit Short Story Prize. Syracuse University Press will be releasing the English translation of Bin Shatwan’s novel The Slave Yards in the spring of 2020.
Neil Hewison on New Books Network
New book trailer released for Finding Judge Crater
Stephen Riegel’s Finding Judge Crater: A Life and Phenomenal Disappearance in Jazz Age New York is a fascinating chronicle of the life, times, and notorious disappearance of Judge Joseph F. Crater in Jazz Age Manhattan. “The raucous world of Jazz Age Manhattan rushes forth from the pages of this enjoyable narrative—from Tammany politicos and Broadway gadabouts to good government reformers and desperate entrepreneurs, Riegel brings to life a colorful cast of characters and momentous episodes that make this story unforgettable.” —Robert Chiles, author of The Revolution of ’28 and co-editor of New York History View the book trailer and others…
North Country Public Radio explores Rural Indigenousness
Rural Indigenousness: A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples of the Adirondacks by Melissa Otis is one of two new books discussed on North Country Public Radio Click here to listen to the interview
Ofra Amihay interviewed on New Books Network
Pahwa interviewed on the POMEPS podcast
Publishers Weekly reviews Uncommon Allies
Q&A with the Latina Leadership editors and contributors for Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month. To celebrate we discuss Latina Leadership: Language and Literacy Education across Communities with the editors Laura Gonzales and Michelle Hall Kells and other contributors. This book focuses on the narratives, scholarly lives, pedagogies, and educational activism of established and emerging Latina leaders in K-16 educational environments and will serves as a model and a source of support for emerging Latina leaders. “This is a landmark collection of the leading Latina voices in the field. This is the kind of book I have longed to read in our field for more…
Riegel interviewed on WARC Radio’s The Other Side of Midnight
Stephen Riegel, author of Finding Judge Crater: A Life and Phenomenal Disappearance in Jazz Age New York was interviewed for WABC Radio’s The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano on April 22, 2022. From their website: Frank Morano serves up another Morano Mystery with Stephen Riegel, practicing litigator, former Federal Prosecutor and the author. Listen to the interview.