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UC Press Interviews: Kate Marshall talks to Darra Goldstein

manderson — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:26:45 +0000

On Friday, May 4, Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture received the Best Publication Award at the James Beard Foundation Awards in New York, NY. The award was accepted by Darra Goldstein, Gastronomica’s founding editor and the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Russian at Williams College.

The Beard Awards is widely recognized within [more...]

Take a Trip to the World of Mark Twain

manderson — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:32:00 +0000

If you’re anything like me, you spend too many lunches at your desk catching up with the world while you finish that turkey wrap you picked up from People’s Cafe. But even if you’re having something other than turkey wrap for lunch, just because you’re sitting at your desk doesn’t mean that you’re [more...]

Gastronomica Named Co-Winner for Best Publication of the Year by the James Beard Foundation

manderson — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:11:10 +0000

We are very proud to announce that our journal Gastronomica is the co-winner of the James Beard Foundation’s “Publication of the Year.” In the announcement, Gastronomica was cited for its editorial excellence over the last eleven years and for the ways in which the journal has generally deepened our understanding of food.

As one Facebook commenter [more...]

UC Press Podcast: The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge

manderson — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:36:45 +0000

A note from the person who maintains this blog: Almost exactly a year ago, a dear of friend of mine walked out on to the Golden Gate Bridge, sent a text asking that her dog be cared for and jumped. If the publication of The Final Leap deters a single troubled person from making the [more...]

2 UC Press Authors Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

manderson — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:31:32 +0000

Congratulations to Mary Power and Dan Simberloff who, along with 82 other distinguished scientists (4, including Power, from UC Berkeley), were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this week.

Mary Power is a freshwater ecologist and has done groundbreaking work on the Eel River. Mary also serves on the editorial board of our own Freshwater [more...]

From our Journals Division: Boom Named One of Library Journal’s Best Magazines of 2011

manderson — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:06:54 +0000

Congratulations are certainly in order for our Journals Division as they celebrate having Boom: A Journal of California named one of the Best Magazines of 2011 by none other than Library Journal.

To quote directly from the article announcing the win: “One in eight Americans lives in California, a state with an economy larger than Canada’s. [more...]

UC Press Podcast: Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature

manderson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:03:51 +0000

There are three major myths of human nature: humans are divided into biological races; humans are naturally aggressive; men and women are truly different in behavior, desires, and wiring. In an engaging and wide-ranging narrative Agustín Fuentes counters these pervasive and pernicious myths about human behavior. Tackling misconceptions about what race, aggression, and sex really [more...]

An Acquiring Eye: Mary Francis on Cinema and Music Books and Journals

manderson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:48:12 +0000

In the newest Acquiring Eye feature, Humanities Publisher Mary Francis gives us her take on the music and cinema titles and journals coming out this spring.

Starting with one of the flagship publications from our Journals Division, Film Quarterly is always a treat to find in the mailbox. Never an issue goes by when I don’t [more...]

2012 National Poetry Month Round-up

manderson — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:42:37 +0000

This year, as in years past, UC Press is a proud sponsor of National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world. We thought this would be a good time to reflect a bit on a special Fall 2011 success, take a close look at our Spring 2012 titles, and finally give you a [more...]

Fall 2012 Preview #1: The Black Revolution on Campus

manderson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:31:06 +0000

Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing you to some of the authors and books that make our Fall 2012 list so promising.

First up, we have this remarkable article from The Chronicle of Higher Education exploring a new generation of Black Studies Ph.D.s. In the article, Martha Biondi, the director of graduate studies and [more...]