Richard L. Kagan is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. This interview is based on his new book, The Inquisition’s Inquisitor: Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). JF: What […]
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Elizabeth Stice: “We have been blessed by state university presses”
Over at The Front Porch Republic, Current contributor Elizabeth Stice pays tribute to small university presses. Here is a taste: It has become commonplace to bemoan the loss of smaller presses. The remaining large publishing houses seem intent upon as […]
Happy University Press Week!
I’ve published three books with university presses in my career and spent a lot of time at this blog promoting the work of American historians who publish with university presses. This is why I am happy to call your attention […]
Four myths about working with a university press
Check out Rebecca Colesworthy piece at The Chronicle of Higher Education. Colesworthy is an acquisition editor at SUNY-Press. Here are the myths: Read the entire piece here.
“Not every title can be ‘electrifying’, ‘essential’, and ‘revelatory.'”
Over at The Atlantic, Helen Lewis addresses the practice of book blurbs. Here is a taste: And that reveals another dirty secret of the blurb: They’re not addressed to you. “The biggest thing to understand is that blurbs aren’t principally, or […]
The Author’s Corner with Bonnie Hagerman
Bonnie Hagerman is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Director of the Department’s Undergraduate Programs at the University of Virginia. This interview is based on her new book, Skimpy Coverage: Sports Illustrated and the Shaping of the Female […]
Robert Gottlieb, RIP
Last weekend I watched the documentary Turn Every Page. Here is the trailer: Before I watched his documentary I knew that Robert Gottlieb was Robert Caro’s editor and he was the editor-in-chief at Alfred A. Knopf publishing house, but that […]
Christianity Today announces its 2023 book awards
Here you go: Book of the Year: Uche Anizor, Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care Apologetics and Evangelism: Glen Scrivener, The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality […]
Terumi Echols will lead InterVarsity Press (IVP)
Here is the press release: InterVarsity/USA has named Terumi Echols as president and publisher of InterVarsity Press (IVP). Echols succeeds Jeff Crosby who recently became president and chief executive officer of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), the trade association […]
The story behind Jemar Tisby’s The Color of Compromise
Christianity Today is running a fascinating piece by Dan Hummel on the history of Jemar Tisby‘s breakout best-seller The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism. Here is a taste: Then Tisby began to shop […]
Conservative publishing is having a hard time turning Joe Biden into a “compelling villain”
Here is McKay Coppins at The Atlantic: In the conservative book world, nothing is supposed to set off a gold rush like a new Democratic president. Ever since Bill Clinton inspired a wave of right-wing best sellers in the ’90s, […]