December 10, 2020

Five Ideas for a Plastic-Free Holiday Season

Rebecca Prince-Ruiz and Joanna Atherfold Finn

“Plastic Free July inspires me to step up my commitment to reducing single-use plastic in my daily life and on tour.” ~Jack Johnson, musician and Plastic Free Foundation ambassador We’re wrapping up our American Geophysical Union virtual exhibit with a...

December 9, 2020

New From the Association for Asian Studies The Pandemic

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Association for Asian Studies The Pandemic Perspectives on Asia Edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi This collection of essays provides analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. It covers the first phase of...

December 9, 2020

Q&A: John Mutter on Climate Change Science

“It is rare to find a book that succinctly explains the scientific basis for one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. For anyone looking to learn the foundations of climate science, Mutter’s primer is an excellent jump start....

December 9, 2020

Video: Mark C. Taylor Reads from His New Book, Intervolution: Smart Bodies Smart Things

 “Intervolution is at once informative and thought-provoking—a fascinating exploration of the ever-narrowing gap between men and machines. Mark C. Taylor uses his own experience of chronic illness to probe some of the central questions of our time.” ~Elizabeth Kolbert,...

December 8, 2020

Announcing the Columbia University Press Spring 2021 Catalog

Dear Readers, It has been a year of turmoil and uncertainty, as well as a year of inspiring movements for social justice. As we reflect on the ways recent events have challenged us, we are proud to announce this season’s...

December 8, 2020

Q&A: Ruth DeFries in Conversation with Bill McKibben on What Would Nature Do?

“DeFries is an excellent writer, using elegant storytelling to offer a hopeful delineation of pathways to a sustainable future. She builds on evolutionary history, the theory of complex adaptive systems, and examples of the emergence of cooperation in biological systems,...

December 8, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Vineland Reread, Research Exposed, and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Rereadings series Vineland Reread Peter Coviello Vineland is hardly anyone’s favorite Thomas Pynchon novel. However, for Peter Coviello, the oft-overlooked book opens up new ways of thinking about Pynchon’s writing...

December 7, 2020

Take a Tour of Our AGU Virtual Exhibit Booth with Miranda Martin

The Columbia University Press virtual booth for the American Geophysical Union’s 2020 Fall Meeting is now open! I’m Miranda Martin, the press’s science editor. We may have met at previous events; if not, I hope to have the opportunity to...

December 7, 2020

Three Questions That Make One

By Bashir Bashir and Leila Farsakh

“Drawing on philosophy, politics, poetry, psychoanalysis, and history, and extending from North Africa and the Mediterranean to Europe and North America, this powerful book poses the Arab and Jewish questions as inextricable, intimate, and hybrid forces that shape our desires...

December 5, 2020

Video: Michael Alexander on the Origins of Making Peace with the Universe

 “What happens when worlds fall apart? It’s a question that so many of us have asked ourselves in times of crisis. The marvel of Michael Scott Alexander’s book is that he has transformed his own search into a discovery...