Introducing Yale’s Icons of America series
What it is we picture when we think of America? Chances are, it will be one of the…
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Author Article by Peter Toohey: The Benefits of Boredom
PETER TOOHEY’s Boredom: A Lively History dispels the myth that boredom is simply a childish emotion or an…
Author Article by Rebecca Salter: Into the Light of Things
Accompanying an exhibition of Rebecca Salter’s work at the Yale Centre for British Art, Rebecca Salter: Into the…
Books for International Women’s Day 2011
Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, an annual event held throughout the world aiming to inspire women and celebrate…
Author Article by Ivan Brunetti: The Art of Cartooning
The artwork of IVAN BRUNETTI has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times and the literary…
Author Article by A.T. Reyes: Discovering C.S. Lewis’s Lost Aeneid
A.T. REYES is the editor of a brand new book, publishing for the first time the surviving fragments of…
World Book Day: What will you be reading?
What will you be reading on World Book Day? Do you have anything to recommend? Let us know!…
Stephen Chan Blog: The Battle For Libya
STEPHEN CHAN is a professor of international relations, and the author of Southern Africa: Old Treacheries and New…
March Book of the Month: ‘Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice’ by Ivan Brunetti
In Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice, the editor of Yale’s Anthology of Graphic Fiction offers a smart and charming…
Anthology of Rap continues to provoke discussion and controversy
Yale’s Anthology of Rap has been kicking up a storm within the literary establishment. Seeking to showcase the inventiveness…
Author Event: Charles Freeman on Early Christian Art
Charles Freeman, author of A New History of Early Christianity (out now in paperback) and Holy Bones, Holy…
Crisis in the Arab World: Free Download
Yale University Press presents a FREE DOWNLOAD of chapters from three of its acclaimed, prescient and immensely readable…
Dazzled and Deceived is shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Writing
Peter Forbes has been shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Writing for his book Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry…
Alternative reads for Valentine’s Day
For cynics, Valentine’s Day is a mere commercial goldmine. For believers, it’s the perfect moment to devote to…
Excerpt from ‘WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency’ by Micah Sifry
WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency is a timely, thought-provoking new book from technology and politics analyst Micah…