The visually striking and emotionally intense works of Alice Neel earned her a reputation as one of the 20th century’s most significant painters. A groundbreaking figure for women in art, Neel painted portraits at a time when the role was frequently reserved for male artists. She painted friends and family
The cover story on the new (March/April) issue of Tikkun magazine is “God and the 21st Century” and its centerpiece is Rabbi Arthur Green’s thought-provoking and original new book Radical Judaism, published by YUP this month. Tikkun decided to use excerpts from the book to start a new discussion about
John Cage’s silent masterpiece 4’33” is one of classical music’s most controversial compositions. In his new book, No Such Thing as Silence, musician and critic Kyle Gann not only explains why the piece incited such a stir but also why it is still best experienced live. “Cage didn’t believe in
He may be known as the Man of Steel, but after yesterday’s record-setting sale of Action Comics #1 for $1 million, Superman has officially gone platinum. The transaction smashed the previous comic book sale record, which was set in 2009 when another, less pristine copy of Action Comics #1sold for
Two recent issues of Scientific American highlighted a number of Yale University Press science books in a competitive field of publications. Both G. A. Bradshaw’s Elephants on the Edge and John Wargo’s Green Intelligence were singled out as notable non-fiction selections in the magazine’s December round-up. This month, Saleem H.
Each year, Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, compiles a list of memorable quotations from the past twelve months. An entertaining mix of political missteps, slick advertising lingo, and plain old nonsense, his 2009 list adds some levity and perspective to the year in review. Recently, Shapiro
As the year—and the decade—draw to a close, the critical desire to sort out the era’s best and worst appears near-impossible to resist. While the Press has certainly enjoyed its share of cheers and jeers throughout its history, one pleasant surprise this year has been the resurgence in interest in
The Schott's Vocab blog on the New York Times website has posted a fascinating interview with Claude Hagège, author of On the Death and Life of Languages, which YUP recently published in a new English translation. When asked about languages challenging English's global dominance, Hagège makes two particularly fascinating points
Since Yale University Press acquired the esteemed Anchor Bible series in 2007, our friends at Logos Bible Software have been hard at work keeping the series up-to-date for the 21st-century reader. Having already integrated the 84-volume Anchor Yale Bible and its accompanying 6-volume Dictionary into their leading biblical software, the
Through his pioneering works on design, abstraction, and color, Joseph Albers influenced generations of modern artists. In 1963, Yale University Press published Albers’s highly influential Interaction of Color, which remains in print in paperback. Now, the Press is thrilled to announce the publication of Interaction of Color: New and Complete