Julian Cribb delivers a shocking report on the future of food security in this podcast for Radio Ecoshock. Cribb is an award-winning journalist and science writer and the author of The Coming …
The Fall 2010 Newsletter is here! Visit our website to read a pdf version of current and previous editions, or sign up to receive the e-newsletter in your inbox. Members of the …
If you had to compose a meal using only one ingredient, what would you choose? If you want your menu to stand the test of time, corn’s not a bad idea. William …
Contributors, friends, and fans gathered to celebrate the release of Rebecca Solnit’s Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas at the McCroskey Mattress Co. earlier this month. Not even a World Series game …
In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World, by Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff, has been named the winner of the Twelfth Annual Frederick Douglass Book …
In this interview with American Public Media’s The Splendid Table, Terry Theise, author of Reading between the Wines, discusses how he fell in love with wine at a Rod Stewart concert (it …
In this new UC Press Podcast, Harriet Smith, editor of the Autobiography of Mark Twain, explains the reasoning behind Mark Twain’s famous 100-year embargo, a decision Smith calls “a great marketing strategy.” …
Toni Yancey’s Instant Recess: Building a Fit Nation 10 Minutes at a Time is the subject of our latest UC Press Podcast. In this episode, Dr. Yancey addresses some cultural and gender …
Mark Twain is on fire! His unexpurgated Autobiography debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers list—”not bad for a book written 100 years ago and wrapped up …
Looking through the remains of what became a dog’s breakfast of an election, for either side, really, especially if you’re living in California, I’m finding it rather hard to fold it all …