In his latest blog post, W. Joseph Campbell, author of Getting It Wrong, discusses a media myth “too well-known, too entrenched in the American consciousness, ever to fall into disuse.” How could …
In this video Inside Government TV interviews author and long-time activist Bill Fletcher, Jr. about his book, co-authored with Fernando Gapasin, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path …
Amiri Baraka, author of the American Book Award-winning Digging and over 40 other books of essays, poems, drama, and criticism, spoke with albuquerqueARTS magazine about conspiracy theories, the alchemy of poetry and …
University of California Press is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Kobo for the sale of its e-books. Through Kobo, readers can now find UC Press e-books such as …
How’s Europe doing? Good question. Steven Hill’s got your answers at Washington Monthly, where he’ll be blogging about his speaking tour through Europe over the next five weeks. Hill, the author of …
Ever wonder about the back story behind Walker Evans’ iconic image of an Alabama tenant farmer’s wife? Or the camera technique Berenice Abbott used to capture such striking images of New York …
Paul Gregutt, wine columnist for the Seattle Times and Northwest editor for Wine Enthusiast magazine, embarks on a tour of Washington State this fall in support of his newly revised and updated …
Barbara Almond, psychotherapist and author of The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood, writes about the common, but little-discussed issue of maternal ambivalence in her most recent blog post for Psychology …
We all know that Mark Twain was no stranger to having his books banned through his life. Back in July, Newsweek printed this excerpt (which will appear in the second volume of …
With this week’s United Nations Summit underway, Dan Smith, author of The State of the Middle East, delves into the problems plaguing the UN’s MDGs, or Millennium Development Goals, on his blog. …