by Sara L. Schwebel, editor of Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader’s Edition This guest post is published in conjunction with the airing of the documentary series West of the …
Read More >by Richard Higgins, author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees I once sat in an old barn to soak up the quiet before heading in the woods. A rusty iron hay …
Read More >Rooting poetry beyond location and historical time, Jerome Rothenberg’s seminal compilation Technicians of the Sacred has educated and inspired poets, artists, musicians, and other readers—from Allen Ginsberg to Nick Cave—for generations, exposing them to the …
Read More >by Josh Beer This guest post is published in conjunction with the Society for Classical Studies conference in Toronto, January 5-8. When sharing on social media, please be sure to use the hashtag #AIASCS! In …
Read More >As the holidays approach, we wanted to unwrap notable holiday-themed articles published across UC Press Journals. From the history of Christmas dinner to Chrismukkah multiculturalism, Dickensian literature to Russian holiday foods (and recipes!), we wish …
Read More >Bob Dylan just received the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the Internet exploded. I own pretty much every album Bob Dylan’s ever put out, so you can guess where I stand …
Read More >May is Get Caught Reading Month, and what better book to be caught red-handed with than our newly repackaged edition of a classic? A bit of backstory on this influential book is in …
Read More >If you haven’t yet heard the news, David L. Ulin has been nominated for a 2016 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, for his book Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los …
Read More >This guest post comes from Zachary Shore, author of Grad School Essentials: A Crash Course in Scholarly Skills, who debunks 5 myths about attending grad school. 1) You are supposed to read every word of …
Read More >By Harriet E. Smith, Associate Editor, Mark Twain Project Photograph by William Vander Weyde, 21 September 1906. Most images we have of Mark Twain from 1906 show him …
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