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July 29, 2011
in African American Studies, American History, Current Affairs, Humanities, Political Science, Social Science

Catch Up with Melissa Harris-Perry on the Rachel Maddow Show

July 29, 2011
in African American Studies, American History, Current Affairs, Humanities, Political Science, Social Science

In September, Yale University Press is publishing Melissa Harris-Perry’s new book, Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, titled after the author’s popular column for The Nation. As guest host this week on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, she steps in for Maddow’s role and brings her informed opinions to the news. We’ve compiled some of the highlights of Harris-Perry’s insightful commentary on the show this week and over the past year.

May 13, 2011
in African American Studies, American History, Social Science

YUP’s Authors Explore Black Women’s Role in Politics

May 13, 2011
in African American Studies, American History, Social Science

Earlier this week, Melissa Harris-Perry, author of the forthcoming Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, was on her way into New Haven to meet with YUP about her book, tweeting as she made the journey; her visit even hit the blogosphere at Now Rise Books blog. In

April 21, 2011
in African American Studies, American History, Humanities

Get Ready for Pearl Primus

April 21, 2011
in African American Studies, American History, Humanities

As a lead up to our May publication of The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus, by Peggy and Murray Schwartz, there are two dance-related events in New York for the book next week. First up, the Urban Bush Women will perform “Walking with Pearl…Southern Diaries” at the

April 14, 2011
in African American Studies, Health & Medicine, Social Science

THE Book on African-American Health

April 14, 2011
in African American Studies, Health & Medicine, Social Science

As part of our Health & Wellness series, YUP is proud to publish Dr. Michelle Gourdine’s Reclaiming Our Health: A Guide to African American Wellness. Drawing from cultural perspective, she approaches the issue of why, according to the Federal Office of Minority Health, African Americans are “affected by serious diseases

February 18, 2011
in African American Studies, American History

Listen Today (Now, Even!) to Carla L. Peterson on Tavis and on Tour in DC and New York

February 18, 2011
in African American Studies, American History

The official publication of Carla L. Peterson’s Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City is Tuesday, February 22, but already she is lending her voice to the story of free blacks in the age of slavery and Reconstruction in New York. Today, Peterson will

February 14, 2008
in Current Affairs, History, Humanities, Literature, Political Science, Social Science

Library Journal reviews recent Yale Press titles

February 14, 2008
in Current Affairs, History, Humanities, Literature, Political Science, Social Science

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

February 1, 2008
in African American Studies, Economics, History, Humanities, Literature, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

February is…

February 1, 2008
in African American Studies, Economics, History, Humanities, Literature, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

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

February 20, 2007
in Yale Press Podcast

Yale Press Podcast, Episode 4

February 20, 2007
in Yale Press Podcast

Episode 4 of the Yale Press Podcast is now available. In the latest episode, host Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Hugh Brogan about the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, (2) Heather Cox Richardson about the reconstruction of America after the Civil War, (3) Allen Dwight Callahan about the relationship of

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