News and Events
- Salt Journals reviewed in The Middle East Eye
October 28, 2024
Salt Journals: Tunisian Women on Political Imprisonment was reviewed in The Middle East Eye.
- Mosbahi on The Markaz Review’s Top 10 List
October 28, 2024
Hassouna Mosbahi’s novel We Never Swim in the Same River Twice, translated by William Hutchins, was included in The Markaz’s Top 10 Fall Reading List.
- Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
October 14, 2024
For Indigenous Peoples Day, we’re celebrating the work of poet and member of Haudenosaunee tribe Eric Gansworth, whose book, A Half-Life of Cardi-Pulmonary Function charts the tensions of those struggling against the norms of the dominant culture with humor, heart and image-laden lines. Below are excerpts from A Half-Life of Cardi-Pulmonary Function, including some of the ...
- “Stateless” receives USC Book Prize Honorable Mention from ASEEES
September 20, 2024
Congratulations to Talar Chahinian! Her recent book Stateless: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile received a 2024 University of California Book Prize Honorable Mention from the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
- Gjeke Marinaj’s “Teach Me How to Whisper” Receives Major Romanian Literary Prize
August 20, 2024
Albanian-born American poet Gjekë Marinaj’s book of poetry, Teach Me How to Whisper was awarded Romania’s “Mihai Eminescu” International Poetry Prize. The award was presented on June 14 in Craiova, Romania, in a ceremony held at the Gloriae Art Gallery. Announcing the prize, the prestigious Romanian literary journal “Constelatii Diamantine” noted that “Teach Me How to ...
- Boletes of Eastern North America in Fungi Magazine
August 16, 2024
The latest issue of Fungi Magazine includes a review of Boletes of Eastern North America, noting the new edition is “an improved version of the 2016 release and though the changes may seem subtle, they do make this a much more useful tool.”
- Publishers Weekly reviews Uncommon Allies
July 22, 2024
Alan Shore’s new books Uncommon Allies: American Jews and Christians Uniting against Hitler, 1933-1945 was reviewed recently by Published Weekly “Shore’s careful research and cogent analysis brings the rallies to life and effectively draws links to broader developments, such as the growth of Christian Zionism. It’s a thought-provoking examination of the complex bonds between these two ...
- The Last Bohemian reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement
May 24, 2024
Lance Pettitt’s The Last Bohemian: Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish Film, British Cinema was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement. “Pettitt’s heartfelt admiration for his subject shines through, and with good reason.”—Times Literary Supplement
- Gizem Zencirci in Jadaliyya
May 8, 2024
Gizem Zencirci discusses her new book The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey on Jadaliyya’s New Books Out Now series.
- Peter Lourie on North Country Public Radio
April 8, 2024
Peter Lourie talks canoeing down the entirety of the Hudson river and his book River of Mountains with Mitch Teich on North Country Public Radio.
- İlkay Yılmaz Book Talk at UCLA’s The Promise Armenian Institute
11/04/2024
- Peter Lourie at The Adirondack Experience Museum
11/04/2024
- SU Press at American Studies Association
11/14/2024
- Michael Doyle at Kepler’s Books
11/14/2024