Michelle Stein Whether eaten on the go, or leisurely enjoyed on a weekend morning, bagels are a vital part of most New Yorkers’ eating habits. So, it only made logical sense to turn to Maria Balinska’s The Bagel for my next encounter with New York City in Yale Press’s books.
Alberto Manguel has a beautiful library. His life has been dedicated to the art and collection of books. The Argentine-born writer was once a reader to Jorge Luis Borges, who, blind by this point, nurtured Manguel’s interest in literature. In the time since, Manguel has become a world-renowned translator, editor,
About New York, of course. Updated after 15 years, The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition has been published with over 5000 entries and 700 illustrations of the Big Apple. Editor Kenneth Jackson sat down with Gothamist.com to talk about the remaking of the Second Edition, how the city
The “Arts” section of today’s New York Times features a beautifully illustrated interview with Yale Law Professors Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis, authors of Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms. The book tells in words and nearly 300 illustrations the story of how the image
Congratulations to Maier Deshell and Margaret Birstein for their recent MLA award: The Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies for their translation of Yehoshue Perle‘s Everyday Jews. The book is part of Yale Press’s New Yiddish Library series, including Maier Deshell‘s most recent work, along with Norbert
If you’ve been missing all the buzz, be sure to check out the year-end giveaway at “Muphoric Sounds,” including our newly published, Anthology of Rap, which makes an excellent holiday gift for any music aficionado. The contest will stay open until Thursday, December 23, so enter and grab a gift
Remember this? Right around publication date for one of our titles, Andy Warhol, Meghan McCain posted a Twitpic of herself on a night-in, happily ready to curl up with our new book. Okay, okay, we were so surprised at the coincidence (not her reading choice) that we even had a
For twenty years, the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has been awarding its Ethics Prize to college students writing on particularly difficult ethical challenges and dilemmas in our society, and advocating the actions necessary for our society to undertake. These have now been published in a new volume, An Ethical
The preeminent mistress of all book clubs has turned her readers ‘ attention towards the Victorian past. Yesterday, Oprah announced two Charles Dickens classics, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations, rounding off the 2010 Oprah’s Book Club selections for discussion on Dickens to follow in January 2011. Already
Marianne Stockebrand, director of the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX, will have a reception and book signing for her new book Chinati: The Vision of Donald Judd. Saturday, December 11, 4-6 pm @ David Zwirner Gallery in NYC 519 West 19th Street between 10th Avenue & West Street New York,