“A pinch-mouthed, grave-digger’s poetry,” which remains “rich and allusive,” with “passages of stunning beauty.” This is how poet and critic William Logan describes Geoffrey Hill’s recent collection, A Treatise of Civil Power, in a front-page review for the New York Times Book Review. Logan goes on to say, “English has
In Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism, Heather Hole examines the artist’s relationship with the American West. Hartley’s connection to the West increases to this day as MetroActive, an online weekly newspaper based out of California’s Silicon Valley, favorably reviewed Hole’s recent book. The reviewer
In the wake of his resignation, many are asking who Fidel Castro really was, and what really happened in Cuba during his tenure as President. The answer to these questions–and more–can be found in two Yale Press titles, both available in paperback. The Real Fidel Castro by Leycester Coltman Published
The February issue of Library Journal features a slew of reviews for Yale Press books. Here’s an idea of what they’re saying. On Eloquence by Denis Donoghue struck Library Journal as “a well-written and engaging exploration of eloquence in literature.” They recommended this book as “an enlightening read.” In this
Amazon Expeditions: My Quest for the Ice-Age Equator by Paul Colinvaux was recently reviewed in the Publishers Weekly Review Annex. They found the book to be “an exciting account of field work under challenging and sometimes dangerous circumstances. They went on to say that Amazon Expeditions is “a rewarding read
Reviewers are praising Richard M. Cook for his recent Yale Press release, Alfred Kazin: A Biography. Here’s just a sampling of what they have to say. In a February 7 review, San Francisco Chronicle complimented Cook on “a fine job in recounting and interpreting his subject’s life.” They applaud Cook’s
Especially in these winter months, it’s hard to imagine a world without “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and other classic Frank Loesser tunes. Mark Steyn, reviewing Thomas L. Riis’ Frank Loesser for the Wall Street Journal, realizes that “a world without Frank Loesser and ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ would be very
Yale University Press is publishing the catalogue for the recently opened Jasper Johns retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Jasper Johns: Gray.” New York Times art critic Roberta Smith praises the show in her review, calling it “moody, opulent and eloquent.” She says that “scores of museum exhibitions have
Jasper Johns: Gray is an intriguing and elegant look at Johns’s sustained exploration of the color gray in paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture over the past 50 years. This book is the companion to the Johns exhibition which opened yesterday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, running until May 4.