New Books in Literary Studies

2490 Episodes

1. Michelle D. Commander, “Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic” (Duke UP, 2017)

   Published: 6/20/2017
2. Gary Kulik, “War Stories: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers” (Potomac Books, 2009)

   Published: 6/15/2017
3. Michael Muhammad Knight, “Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing” (Soft Skull Press, 2013)

   Published: 6/13/2017
4. Susan Rubenstein DeMasi, “Henry Alsberg: The Driving Force Behind the New Deal Federal Writers’ Project” (McFarland, 2016)

   Published: 6/1/2017
5. Augustine’s “Confessions,” a new translation by Sarah Ruden (Modern Library, 2017)

   Published: 6/1/2017
6. Britt Rusert, “Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture” (NYU Press, 2017)

   Published: 5/26/2017
7. Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra, eds. “The Bittersweet Science: Fifteen Writers in the Gym, in the Corner, and at Ringside” (U. Chicago, 2017)

   Published: 5/26/2017
8. Sarah Ruden, “The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible” (Pantheon, 2017)

   Published: 5/17/2017
9. Roy Bing Chan, “The Edge of Knowing: Dreams, History, and Realism in Modern Chinese Literature” (U. Washington Press, 2017)

   Published: 5/4/2017
10. Territory-A Literary Project about Maps: Discussion with Tommy Mira y Lopez

    Published: 5/3/2017
11. William Kolbrener, “The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition” (Indiana UP, 2016)

    Published: 4/24/2017
12. Allison E. Fagan, “From the Edge: Chicana/Chicano Border Literature and the Politics of Print” (Rutgers UP, 2016)

    Published: 4/24/2017
13. Rebecca Gould, “Writers and Rebels: Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus” (Yale UP, 2016)

    Published: 4/22/2017
14. Benjamin Fondane, “Existential Monday” (NYRB Classics, 2016)

    Published: 4/7/2017
15. Audrey Truschke, “Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court” (Columbia UP, 2016)

    Published: 4/3/2017
16. Steve Aldous, “The World of Shaft: A Complete Guide to the Novels, Comic Strip, Films and Television Series” (McFarland, 2015)

    Published: 3/29/2017
17. Carrie J. Preston, “Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and Journeys in Teaching” (Columbia UP, 2016)

    Published: 3/29/2017
18. Joseph Lumbard, “The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary” (HarperOne, 2015)

    Published: 3/24/2017
19. Stephen H. Grant, “Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2014)

    Published: 3/21/2017
20. Laurence A. Rickels, “The Psycho Records” (Wallflower Press, 2016)

    Published: 3/21/2017