What We’re Reading
November 18, 2016
Diverse and eclectic book choices from Northwestern University Press staff. JD Wilson, Director of Sales and Marketing What book(s) are you reading this week? Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was How… READ MORE
Year: 2016
AAUP Blog Tour: People in Our Neighborhood
November 14, 2016
A cozy Midwestern town with touches of New England sailboats and lighthouse charm, the eight square miles of Dutch elms and sycamores are home to seventy-five thousand Evanstonians. One of… READ MORE
Get a Free Copy of YOU MAY SEE A STRANGER
May 10, 2016
Head on over to Goodreads, the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations, and enter to win a copy of Paula Whyman’s debut short story collection that Publishers Weekly… READ MORE
Find the Perfect Gift for the Thinking Woman’s Mother’s Day
May 3, 2016
Looking for a book to gift to mom on mother’s day? Here at Northwestern University Press we’ve got a number of titles that will make the perfect gift for the… READ MORE
Remembering Imre Kertesz
March 31, 2016
We are saddened to announce the passing of Imre Kertesz who died on Thursday at his home in Budapest. Kertesz was imprisoned at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and later worked as… READ MORE
Benjamin’s Displaced Jewish Tradition
March 18, 2016
In his forthcoming book Postsecular Benjamin, Brian Britt analyzes Benjamin’s engagements with religious traditions as resources for contemporary debates on secularism, conflict, and identity. Below is an excerpt from “Benjamin’s Displaced Jewish Tradition”… READ MORE
Women Warriors of ‘Ghostbusters’ and Revolutionary Europe
March 8, 2016
Ghostbusters fans have lit up social media with reactions to the new Ghostbusters movie. The film, which features an all-female lineup of phantom fighting comedians, opens this summer and the… READ MORE
March 4, 2016
Chicago celebrates its 179th birthday this weekend! Want to commemorate the event with a good read? Use this handy chart to figure out which book to mark the occasion with.
Umberto Eco In Dialogue with Our Digital Future
February 22, 2016
Lovers of the written word are mourning the death of Italian writer Umberto Eco. Northwestern University Press was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to publish Eco’s This Is Not… READ MORE
February 16, 2016
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMPf5IPsAAc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=281] Rachel Hadas reads “Slow Green” from her book of poetry, Questions in the Vestibule Hadas, along with her husband video artist Shalom Gorewitz, combine moving images and the… READ MORE
It Took Poetry to Get Here, It Will Take Poetry to Stay: A Guest Blog by Sarah Dowling