World Poetry Day
Yale University Press, London are proud to support UNESCO World Poetry Day, an event that recognises the unique…
Literature
Introduction to Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the…
Translating Marcel Proust
One hundred years have passed since Marcel Proust published the first volume of what was to become a…
Primo Levi and the War
Midway through the Second World War Primo Levi had just embarked upon a career in chemistry. Despite the…
Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
Jonathan Swift is best remembered today as the author of Gulliver’s Travels, the satiric fantasy that quickly became…
The Year That Changed Everything in Literature
John Sutherland’s A Little History of Literature introduces great classics from across the ages: Beowulf, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, the…
What is Literature?
John Sutherland’s ‘Little History’ tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to…
Novelist Arturo Fontaine talks to Megan McDowell
We are pleased to release an exciting interview between Arturo Fontaine and Megan McDowell, author and translator respectively…
Asymptote Journal interviews Can Xue: Author of ‘Five Spice Street’
Can Xue, meaning ‘dirty snow, leftover snow’, is the pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua, author of many novels and…
Strindberg, A Life – Sue Prideaux on the playwright’s relationships
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He…
An Animated World: Interview with Poet Arda Collins
Arda Collins is the 2008 winner of the annual ‘Yale Series of Younger Poets’ competition. Mesmerizing and electric,…
An Interview with Poet Kiki Dimoula by Cecile Inglessis Margellos
Following a recent profile in the New York Times, we are pleased to release a special intimate conversation between Greek…
‘How can books keep families and generations together?’ Author Article by Fania Oz-Salzberger
This year Yale University Press authors Judith Walkowitz, Frederic Raphael and Fania Oz-Salzberger will be contributing to the…
Charles Dickens: The Greatest Literary Scandal?
In his latest book The Great Dickens Scandal, Yale University Press author Michael Slater peers into the tangled web…
Author Interview: Sue Prideaux on August Strindberg and his Enduring Significance
Novelist, satirist, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist and hellraiser – August Strindberg was all these, and yet he is…