Hot Off Penn Press: December’s New Books
01/07/2015
We here at Penn Press hope the festive period was both joyful and restful for all of you. Ours certainly was. With the hectic nature of the holidays, though, we… READ MORE
Category: African American Studies
Author Q&A: Jeannine Marie DeLombard, In the Shadow of the Gallows
12/22/2014
Our final Author Q&A of 2014 is with Jeannine Marie DeLombard, author of In the Shadow of the Gallows: Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity, which is out now in paperback. From Puritan… READ MORE
Author Q&A: James J. Gigantino II, The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775–1865
12/19/2014
James Gigantino is the author of The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775–1865. Contrary to popular perception, slavery persisted in the North well into the nineteenth… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: October’s New Books
11/04/2014
Yes, it's technically November, but that's just because there were so many new releases last month we couldn't fit in time to post about it! If you'd like to receive… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: September’s New Books
09/30/2014
With the turn toward fall, the Press's presses have been printing overtime, with better than a baker's dozen of titles being released this month. The topics range widely, from the… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: August’s New Books
08/27/2014
Well, as the new school year begins, the Press's presses have slowed, just a touch. It's the calm before the storm, to be sure. Here are the books that have… READ MORE
In the media: Cathy Lisa Schneider, author of Police Power and Race Riots
08/27/2014
Cathy Schneider has been all over of late, giving insightful commentary on the events in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting by police of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Schneider's book,… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Matt Cohen and Edlie Wong
08/19/2014
Next up in our ongoing series of Fall 2014 author Q&As (previously: Cathy Lisa Schneider, Police Power and Race Riots; Jennifer Curtis, Human Rights as War by Other Means) we… READ MORE
In the media: Cathy Lisa Schneider, author of Police Power and Race Riots
08/08/2014
We recently featured Cathy Lisa Schneider, author of Police Power and Race Riots, in the first of our series of Fall 2014 season author Q&As. We haven't been the only… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: July’s New Books
07/30/2014
The temperatures may have broken a bit over the past couple of days here in Philadelphia, but we are truly in the dog days of summer. While most of the… READ MORE
