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January 13, 2021

Talking Alzheimer’s Research with Nonexperts

By Han Yu


Accomplished popular science. Yu delivers an expert account of the groundbreaking research that revealed the genetics and biochemistry of [Alzheimer’s] disease. —Kirkus In today’s featured SFN post, Han Yu introduces us to her forthcoming book, Mind Thief: The Story of...

January 12, 2021

Where Is Neuroscience Heading?

By Ashley Juavinett


“You might not know it yet, but you do want to be a neuroscientist, and this compelling book will show you why and how. A wonderful, entertaining, yet eminently practical guide to joining the quest to solve our deepest, richest...

January 11, 2021

Our Sense of Touch in the Social-Distancing Era

By Sushma Subramanian


“In this addictively readable book, Sushma Subramanian explores our vital human sense of touch in terms of history, science, culture, family and most of all humanity. It’s a story full of insight and surprise, told by a science writer with...

January 11, 2021

Browse Our SfN Virtual Book Exhibit with Miranda Martin

Welcome to the Columbia University Press virtual booth at the first ever Society for Neuroscience Global Connectome! I’m Miranda Martin, the press’s science editor. We may have met at last year’s SfN annual meeting, which was my first. If not,...

January 10, 2021

Video: Eric Hayot in Conversation with Paul Saint-Amour about Humanist Reason

 “[Humanist Reason] is not another anxious apology or resentful jeremiad about the decline of the humanities. This is a confident and liberating gift that shows us how and why to practice humanist reason now.” —Chad Wellmon, coauthor of Permanent...

January 9, 2021

Peter Coviello’s Playlist for Vineland Reread

“Here is a mash note, a fan’s riff, a sizzling study of Pynchon’s most misapprehended book. . . . ” —Sam Lipsyte, author of Hark Today’s MLA featured post is a playlist from Peter Coviello to accompany his new book Vineland Reread, a...

January 9, 2021

Hubert Harrison and Contemporary Struggles for Racial Equality

By Jeffrey B. Perry


“This long-awaited final volume guides us through the last decade of Harrison’s life, when he played a major role in the political upheavals and cultural transformations that shaped Harlem in the wake of the First World War. Thanks to Perry’s...

January 8, 2021

Video: Four Reasons to Reread A Visit from the Goon Squad

 “A brilliant investigation … Ivan Kreilkamp is a music critic as well as a literary scholar, versed in both Middlemarch and Minor Threat, so he brings revelatory insight into Egan’s punk-inspired story of time lost and time regained.” —Rob...

January 8, 2021

Q&A: Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz on Asian Place, Filipino Nation

“In restoring the intellectual history of the Philippine Revolution, at long last, to its pan-Asian context, Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz offers a startling new perspective not only on the history of the Philippines in that era but on the evolution of...

January 7, 2021

Announcing Our 2021 Literary Studies Catalog

Letter from the Editors: We are pleased to present the 2021 Columbia University Press literary studies catalog. The past year was a challenging one on many fronts and we hope the books in this catalog reflect the various ways in...

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