William Egginton’s new book on Cervantes arrives in bookstores just in time for the 400th...
Topic: Bookshelf
Anchored in Political Pragmatism
Fall 2015
Daniel Schlozman's new book explores the ways social movements have played critical roles in American...
Unraveling the True Machiavelli
Spring 2015
Niccoló Machiavelli gets a bum rap, charges Christopher Celenza, chairman of the Department of Classics...
Finding Fitzgerald
Fall 2014
John Irwin's new book, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fiction: “An Almost Theatrical Innocence,” was published earlier...
After Apartheid
Spring 2014
Katherine Newman's new book is a penetrating and poignant exploration of race, prosperity, class, identity,...
The Transformative Power of the Word
Fall 2013
In her new novel Someone, Writing Seminars faculty member Alice McDermott uncovers the beauty and...
Telling an Untold Story
Spring 2013
Professor Benjamin Ginsberg's new book addresses the question, “How come the Jews didn’t resist the...
Becoming Muslim
Fall 2012
Naveeda Khan wanted "to write a book that had the passion to legitimize Pakistan as...
The Plastic Beauty
Spring 2012
In 2004 and 2005, women who didn’t like their looks could win makeovers on the...
The Pillars of American Progress
Fall 2011
Compared to politicians and movie stars, they’ve gone largely unknown over the decades, this cadre...
Money Matters
Spring 2011
Buy a loaf of sliced bread in your local supermarket and the $1.89 price tag...