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ENVISIONING NEW JERSEY in the Star Ledger: Get a sneak peek at some of the images featured in the book and read an exclusive interview with one of the authors

August 10, 2016

‘ENVISIONING N.J.’: HISTORIAN USE 650+ IMAGES TO TELL STATE’S HISTORY Get a sneak peek at some of the images featured in Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State… READ MORE

READ AN EXCERPT from Writing America on Utne Reader: Shelley Fisher Fishkin explores how the tragedy of the Wounded Knee massacre resonates throughout the canon of Native American literature

August 8, 2016

REMEMBERING THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee, offers a glimpse into the horrific Wounded Knee Massacre and explores… READ MORE

KRISTEN BARBER for the New Republic: The author of Styling Masculinity takes an in-depth looks at the gentrification of the barbershop and the rise of the male-centered salon

THE GENTRIFICATION OF THE BARBERSHOP Kristen Barber, author of Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the Men’s Grooming Industry takes an in-depth look at the growing popularity of men’s salons and… READ MORE

MONSTROUS PROGENY featured in Parade Magazine: The new book from Lester Friedman and Allison Kavey features on this list of what to watch, rent or buy for the week this week

THE PARADE PREVIEW: WHAT TO WATCH, RENT OR BUY AUG. 8 – AUG. 14 Lester D. Friedman and Allison B. Kavey’s Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives is featured in… READ MORE

JEWISH STANDARD interview with Maya Balarkirsky Katz: The story of how a 5-year-old‘s fascination with colorful TV characters led to a scholarly curiosity about the roots of Soviet animation

August 5, 2016

DRAWING ON THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE: DR. MAYA KATZ EXPLORES THE ROOTS OF SOVIET ANIMATION Larry Yudelson of the New Jersey Jewish Standard interviews Maya Balakirsky Katz about her new book Drawing… READ MORE

COLLEGE IN PRISON featured on Inside Higher Ed: Scott McLemee highlights the best books coming this Fall from University Presses

August 3, 2016

FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL: SCOTT McLEMEE HIGHLIGHTS NEW BOOKS DUE OUT FROM UNIVERSITY PRESSES THIS FALL Daniel Karpowitz’s College in Prison: Reading in an Age of Mass Incarceration is featured in Scott McLemee’s… READ MORE

NANCY WANG YUEN on Asian Americans at Comic-Con: The author of Reel Inequality brings you her on-the-ground report from SDCC 2016

July 26, 2016

SUPER ASIAN AMERICA: COMIC-CON AND BEYOND Nancy Wang Yuen, author of Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (Jan 2017), takes an in-depth look at Asian American representation in comics and… READ MORE

THE BLACKER THE INK wins Eisner: At the “Oscars of comics,” John Jennings and France Gateward bring home the big prize

July 23, 2016

FRANCES GATEWARD AND JOHN JENNINGS WIN EISNER AWARD FOR THE BLACKER THE INK Frances Gateward and John Jennings have won the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Academic/Scholarly… READ MORE

ELLEN FREUDENHEIM profiled in The New York Times: take a tour of Ellen’s Park Slope brownstone and learn about the origins of her affinity for New York’s hippest borough

July 8, 2016

ELLEN FREUDENHEIM, ABROAD IN BROOKLYN Ellen Freudenheim, author of The Brooklyn Experience describes her deep-seated love of Brooklyn and takes The New York Times’s Dan Shaw on a tour of her Park… READ MORE

ELLEN FREUDENHEIM on PBS‘s Metrofocus: Take a sweeping visual tour and hear Ellen Freudenheim‘s personal story of how she fell in love with Brooklyn in this piece for channel 13

June 30, 2016

GETTING THE FULL BROOKLYN EXPERIENCE Jack Ford interviews Ellen Freudenheim, author of The Brooklyn Experience: The Ultimate Guide to Neighborhoods & Noshes, Culture & the Cutting Edge, for PBS Thirteen’s Metrofocus. From… READ MORE

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