If you’ve been paying attention to our blog, you’ve noticed that three of the four new books being released this Spring belong to the New California Poetry series. What is the New …
Read More >Establishing National Poetry Month in April, which T.S. Eliot famously deemed “the cruelest month,” might seem a little misguided. But on closer look, the Academy of American Poets may be on to …
Read More >One of our most anticipated titles for Spring, Changing Planet, Changing Health is an eye-opening book that looks at the ways climate change is altering patterns of disease. It’s scary—and pressing—stuff. Before …
Read More >James Cahill, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Art at UC Berkeley and author of Pictures for Use and Pleasure: Vernacular Painting in High Qing China, has spent the last two years working on …
Read More >In his latest blog post, W. Joseph Campbell undertakes the Sisyphean task of discrediting yet another media myth: the notion that the Washington Post was vital to the outcome of Watergate. This widely …
Read More >We just came across Ward Sutton‘s remarkable illustrated review of the Autobiography of Mark Twain in the Barnes & Noble Review’s monthly Drawn to Read column. Through witty graphic representation, Sutton recreates …
Read More >Planet Money‘s recent episode, “Why Are Credit Card Agreements So Long?”, brought up the vexing issue of legal contracts, and why, paradoxically, making credit card statements simpler also makes them longer. Perhaps …
Read More >David Kipen served for seven years as book editor and book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle before relocating to L.A., where he started the used bookstore and lending library, Libros Schmibros. …
Read More >As Japan’s nuclear crisis continues to unfold, many are considering the lessons from Three Mile Island, America’s worst nuclear accident. The Washington Post recently interviewed J. Samuel Walker, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
Read More >It’s a big news day for UC Press. In addition to the new scholarly publishing initiative we launched with JSTOR, UC Press has announced the appointment of two new members to its …
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