Author Q&A: Cathy Lisa Schneider, Police Power and Race Riots
07/29/2014
We're starting a new series here on the Penn Press Log. As our Fall 2014 season of books is released, we'll be posting Q&As with many of the books' authors,… READ MORE
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Announcing our Fall 2014 catalog
06/04/2014
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2014 catalog. This season’s offerings include a beautifully illustrated volume exploring the rich history of the Brandywine Valley, home… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: May’s New Books
05/30/2014
April showers bring new May books! These are the titles that have appeared in our warehouse this month. Many are quite interdisciplinary and span multiple categories, so have a look… READ MORE
Penn author Matt Qvortrup comments on Ukraine
05/20/2014
As readers know, in recent months Ukraine has struggled with the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and continues to deal with the threat posed by Russian troops massed near… READ MORE
Changing attitudes on incest
05/15/2014
Today we have a guest post from Penn author Brian Connolly, whose new book, Domestic Intimacies: Incest and the Liberal Subject in Nineteenth-Century America, gives a history of incest and… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: To March for Others, Caught on Camera, Before Orientalism, and Revitalizing American Cities
11/22/2013
Here are the latest arrivals in the Penn Press warehouse. These books are available for purchase now at www.pennpress.org. Look for them at your favorite bookseller. To March for Others:… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: The Black Urban Atlantic, Gender and War, Representation, and More
07/19/2013
The Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade Edited by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Matt D. Childs, and James Sidbury 376 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus…. READ MORE
Jean-Christian Vinel on The Irony of Vance v. Ball State University
07/02/2013
To anyone who has followed American labor law in the last fifteen years or so, the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University is full of irony. Indeed, the Court’s new, narrow definition of “supervisor” does not simply limit the liability of companies in discrimination cases. It also stands in stark contrast to the much broader definition that conservatives have pushed in the context of the National Labor Relations Act, where the designation “supervisor” can be used to bar workers from unionizing.
This Week’s New Books–Locked In, Locked Out, Take Up Your Pen, and More
05/21/2013
Locked In, Locked Out: Gated Communities in a Puerto Rican City Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 19 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4513-4 | $65.00… READ MORE
Anti-slavery Day Reading
10/18/2012
Today, October 18, is anti-slavery day in the United Kingdom and anti-trafficking day in the European Union. To mark the event, here are some recent books that take an in-depth… READ MORE
