News and Events
- Sons of the People longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award
January 30, 2023
Reem Bassiouney’s novel Sons of the People is among the 70 books nominated by 84 libraries in 31 countries for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award. Now in its 28th year, the award, which is sponsored by Dublin City Council, is the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English, ...
- Adirondack Council’s 5 Books to Read this Winter
January 24, 2023
The Adirondack Council recommends 5 books to read this winter including Beaver River Country by Edward Pitts and Rural Indigenousness: A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples of the Adirondacks by Melissa Otis. See the full the list of recommendations here.
- Hot Maroc shortlisted for the 2022 Banipal Prize
December 12, 2022
SU Press is delighted to announce that Hot Maroc by Yassin Adnan and translated from the Arabic by Alexander Elinson is among the three shortlisted works for the 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. The Banipal judges praised Adnan’s novel and Elinson’s translation. “Yassin Adnan’s amusing satire is an ambitious and wide-ranging novel. ...
- Finding Judge Crater featured on Vanished podcast
November 22, 2022
Stephen Riegel’s recent book Finding Judge Crater: A Life and Phenomenal Disappearance in Jazz Age New York was the subject of the latest episode of the “Vanished” podcast.
- The Best of Hard Times reviewed in Arab Studies Quarterly
November 22, 2022
Gustavo Barbosa’s new book The Best of Hard Times: Palestinian Refugee Masculinities in Lebanon was reviewed in Arab Studies Quarterly.
- Asymptote’s Translation Tuesday features Waiting for the Past
October 25, 2022
Read an excerpt of Hadiya Hussein’s novel Waiting for the Past, translated by Barbara Romanine, on Asymptote’s Translation Tuesday feature.
- Brian O’Hare profiled on Shoutout LA
September 16, 2022
Brian O’Hare, winner of the 2021 Veterans Writing Award and author of the Surrender: Stories is featured in Shoutout LA.
- Mateo Farzaneh receives Honorable Mention for the Latifeh Yarshater Award of the Persian Heritage Foundation
September 16, 2022
Mateo Farzaneh’s recent book Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War received Honorable Mention for the Latifeh Yarshater Award of the Persian Heritage Foundation.
- Jewish Book Council praises Café Shira
August 31, 2022
“A one-of-a-kind book about a one-of-a-kind business in a one-of-a-kind city, Café Shira presents a nuanced, humorous, and fascinating picture of humanity set in a renowned café in the heart of Jerusalem. . . . Café Shira is a pointed and unusual look at the ways people live their lives. What shows on the surface can be a hint to, or a complete misdirection of, ...
- Natana Delong-Bas interviewed on NBC
July 20, 2022
Natana Delong-Bas, editor of Islam, Revival, and Reform: Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-first Century discusses President Biden’s Middle East trip with Sue O’Connell on NBCLX.
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