Penn Press Log

Reading Beyond Beloved

According Gene Andrew Jarrett "not all kinds of African American culture are celebrated in February during Black History Month. Consider literature, for example." In his article Misreading authors by their… READ MORE

Dark Speech–Now Available

Dark Speech: The Performance of Law in Early Ireland Robin Chapman Stacey 368 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3989-8 | $59.95 | £39.00 A… READ MORE

The Evolution of the Origin

As schools, universities, museums and (yes) churches around the world prepare to celebrate Darwin Day, it’s a great time to study the evolution of the book that started it all… READ MORE

More Praise for Up South

In a recent article on scholarly books about Black Nationalism in the 60s and 70s, Multicultural Review commended Matthew Countryman’s Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia for… READ MORE

Reactions to Radical Music

This Is Our Music by Iain Anderson appears in the Noted section of the February/March Bookforum. Reviewer Douglas Mullin says, "The crooked line Anderson draws from the maverick [Cecil] Taylor…. READ MORE