Last weekend, Yale University Press joined over 200 other exhibitors at the 6th annual NY Art Book Fair, presented by Printed Matter and situated throughout Long Island City’s extraordinary MoMA PS1. From the Fair’s opening on the evening of Thursday, September 29th straight through to its end on the evening
There is no doubt that Harold Bloom is a brave man. Indeed, only a brave man can acknowledge in his most recent book that “disputes concerning the Bible have been murderous,” and then declare in an interview for the San Francisco Chronicle published a few months later that, “There is
Yale University Press is known for its extensive publications on Religious Studies. On one side of our list, there is the prestigious Anchor Yale Bible Series, but every season, there is a wealth of new titles that engage our spiritual and existential minds: whether dealing directly with divinity and scripture,
Adam Bradley— Last fall saw the publication of The Anthology of Rap, a collection that I co-edited with Andrew DuBois. The book gathers nearly 300 lyrics by dozens of artists from across rap’s four decades. Our purpose was to highlight rap’s development as a literary art form by underscoring the
Follow @yaleSCIbooks The early days of scientific investigation resulted in extraordinary collaborations between the artistic community and the scientific one. Many examples of these concerted efforts to explore, chart, map, test and record are beautifully documented and eloquently explained in Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe,
Mary C. Gentile is quite popular. At the end of our series on her book, Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right, we had planned a Q&A with the author on the key points, but putting that on hold for the immediate moment,
Tonight, L’Opéra National de Paris hosts the second of a two-night special event in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Théophile Gautier, the French poet, dramatist, and critic who is known for his devotion to Art for Art’s sake. Author of the scenario for the classic ballet Giselle,
Since you’ve been enjoying our contests and Nigel Warburton’s post on how E.H. Gombrich inspired his new book, we thought we’d try one more challenge for our readers, celebrating the new illustrated edition of A Little History of the World. So it’s not a rewrite, per se, (though the book
Dear Paper Doll, I just started my second year of grad school in a New England town, and I feel the need to broaden my sartorial horizon beyond the hoodies, leggings and Uggs that I wore almost daily last year. How should I shake things up with a radical new
If you’re reading up on business practices, or even preparing for next semester’s leadership seminars, now is the time to start looking at Mary C. Gentile’s Giving Voice to Values. The questions she raises in her book (and on this blog): How do we motivate ethical decisions in business practices,