Happy last day of #UPWeek! Please check out this dazzling reading list featuring Andrew Jewett and Jonathan Strassfeld's "Johns Hopkins: The First 150 Years" and other great books from our university press colleagues. https://t.co/8uOdlJ0Rh6
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We need to read more and talk about books more. Our traffic, which was actually quite good on the whole, especially relative to the general decline of newspaper audiences across the board, attests to the need for that.
After weeks of rumors about layoffs, the Washington Post told employees Wednesday morning that the paper, owned by Jeff Bezos, is eliminating its books section, Book World, which was relaunched in 2022 under editor John Williams. https://t.co/Z2VPjZhhue
In "Chinatown," Dafeng Xu uncovers the history of a vibrant San Fransisco community, focusing on the period surrounding the 1906 earthquake and showing how disaster, racism, and resistance shaped one of America's most storied immigrant neighborhoods.
https://t.co/cHaHvEdpot
.@ObserverUK included "The Lost Books for Jane Austen" in their 'What to read to understand Jane Austen' list. "Illuminating, original and quietly triumphant, Barchas’s book restores Austen to the people who loved her first." Check out the article below!
https://t.co/qKu2k0gvKf
Through an innovative blend of historical rigor and cultural insight, Matthew P. Brown's "The Novel and the Blank" uncovers the vibrant, overlooked world of the eighteenth-century British American print shop and reveals the complexities of colonial life.
https://t.co/L0OX7cy5gA
Zombified ants, mind-controlled snails, and other parasite-powered horrors—"Rise of the Zombie Bugs" unpacks the science behind real-life arthropod zombies. Join author Mindy Weisberger in a conversation on some of nature's most chilling secrets. 🧟🪲
https://t.co/TTDHGBYvMf
"I do think given this world of abundance, that we have to now intentionally seek out things that are hard," psychiatrist and addiction specialist Dr. Anna Lembke tells @nytimes's @LuluGNavarro. https://t.co/YFzBcp0Y5Z
“There’s a longer tradition of the US being more open to sexual minorities than we might have assumed.”
@JohnGMcCurdy1's “Vicious and Immoral” was featured in @guardian: https://t.co/62JKkeoAY0
An excerpt from "Criticizing Science" by Myrna Perez was featured in @jacobin. It dives into Stephen Jay Gould's sharp critiques of sociobiology and the debates surrounding science and gender. 🧠📚
https://t.co/aukbd5mawk
I can't think of a better person than @BisforBerkshire to review @AdamLaats's fantastic new book, "Mr. Lancaster's System: The Failed Reform That Created America's Public Schools." Check it out: https://t.co/WufcXNC58G
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Gayle Greene's "Immeasurable Outcomes" is "truly original, one of the most effective defenses I have ever read of both the liberal arts and face-to-face education," writes Neil Kraus at @AcademeBlog. https://t.co/QTc0RtRO9q