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
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.
Two Lives by Janet Malcolm made the National Book Critics Circle’s Good Reads Long List for Nonfiction. The list is comprised of “the nonfiction titles which received multiple votes” from the NBCC. It was announced this morning on the NBCC blog here, where you can find the entire list, along
Daniel Solove, author of The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet, was recently interviewed by C-SPAN for their weekly series, “The Communicators.” C-SPAN has now made the entire interview available on YouTube. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzOFU0wAj4&rel=1] “The Communicators” is C-SPAN’s weekly series that examines the people and events
National African American History Month! Yale Press has a wide range of books covering this topic for you to check out. Here’s just a sample: Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist, edited by Susan Earle In paintings, murals, and book illustrations, Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) produced the most powerful visual legacy of
Fady Joudah’s Earth in the Attic is winner of the 2007 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition and judge Louise Glück’s fifth selection for the series. Judge Glück describes the poet in her Foreword as “that strange animal, the lyric poet in whom circumstance and profession. . . have compelled