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Kate O’Brien and Spanish Literary Culture reviewed in Breac: A Digital Journal of Irish Studies 

Davison’s agile close readings and innovative perspectives make this study a valuable addition to the growing critical reassessment of O’Brien’s work. The author makes a strong case that O’Brien was not only a ground-breaking Irish novelist but, as she herself wanted to be known, a novelist of the world who was unafraid to take chances and break through feminine stereotypes. Click Here to read the full review in Breac: A Digital Journal of Irish Studies 

Library Journal reviews The Grandest Madison Square Garden

  “Art historian Hinman tells the story of New York City’s second Madison Square Garden entertainment complex, which opened in 1890. Her central figures are architect Stanford White (1854–1906) and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), with White’s trendsetting firm of McKim, Mead & White designing the Italian Renaissance-style ‘pleasure palace,’ its arena, exhibition hall, theater, concert hall, and restaurant boasting the world’s largest indoor space and the city’s tallest tower. To crown the tower dome, Saint-Gaudens produced a weather vane in the form of the gilded goddess Diana. The narrative delves into contemporary art, architecture, construction, and show business, depicting White…

LitHub recommends People’s Peace

  LitHub recommends “Smarter Reading” from University Presses to celebrate the upcoming University Press Week “This November, pick up a university press book—or two—to learn more about the issues of the day. That’s the hope of the international university press organization AUPresses, which celebrates the eighth annual University Press Week, November 3-9.” Yasmin Saikia and Chad Haines’s book People’s Peace: Prospects for a Human Future is among the selections in the reading list.

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.