December 1, 2021

Caitlin Hurst and Ada Smailbegović on Poetics of Liveliness (Part 1)

Ada Smailbegović’s new book Poetics of Liveliness investigates the ways twentieth- and twenty-first-century poets have intermingled scientific methodologies with poetic form to reveal unfolding processes of change. The book shifts across scales to describe the subtly changing realms of molecules,...

November 24, 2021

Indigenous Culture Through the Lens of Resistance and Narrative

Both President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have promised to fight climate change —but their pipeline policies tell a different story. The narrative surrounding both Line 3 and the Trans Mountain Pipeline is that those in power can...

November 23, 2021

This Must Be the Place

by Olivia Treynor

After recently going to a concert for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about physical space. It’s what allows us to gather, but it’s also something with history, an opportunity for artistic...

November 19, 2021

Announcing Our 2021-2022 Religion Catalog

Letter from the Religion Editor: Dear friends, colleagues, authors, and scholars of religion and beyond—and a special hello to those attending AAR/SBL either in person or virtually: I’m especially enthusiastic about the three books featured on the opening page. I...

November 10, 2021

Q&A: Milenda Lee Interviews Lisa Hamm on the Evolution of Book Design and Production Over the Course of a Twenty-Two-Year Career

This year marks the tenth anniversary of University Press Week, an annual celebration in which university presses (UPs) come together to bring to light the contributions of UP publishing. This year’s theme, “Keep UP,” focuses on the ways UP publishing has...

November 5, 2021

Book Excerpt! Politics for Social Workers

By Stephen Pimpare

Policy historians write about the two “big bangs” of U.S. welfare state development—the New Deal programs of the 1930s and the Great Society programs of the 1960s. You might encounter others describing these moments as “critical junctures.” Could March 2020...

November 4, 2021

Announcing Our 2021 Social Work Catalog

Letter from the editor: I am pleased to share the 2021 Columbia University Press social work catalog. At what we hope is the tail end of a long pandemic, this fall semester marks a return to some kind of normality....

November 3, 2021

Announcing Our 2021-2022 Science Catalog

Letter from the editor: Thank you for picking up the Columbia University Press science catalog and for supporting our mission to share scientific knowledge. As we live through a second  year of this pandemic, I’ve found a lot of comfort...

October 27, 2021

Cryptocurrency, Speculation, and How We Imagine the Future

By Gayle Rogers

Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum. Now there’s Polkadot and Pancake Swap. Much about the world of cryptocurrency can feel bewildering, like money is being conjured as a “dream within a dream,” to quote Edgar Allan Poe. In many ways, though, there’s nothing...

October 19, 2021

Announcing the Winner of the Seventh Annual Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award

Columbia University Press, in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce that I Am the People: Reflections on Popular Sovereignty Today by Partha Chatterjee is the winner of the seventh annual Columbia University Press Distinguished Book...