Category: Career

Hot Off Penn Press: Summer reading

May and June have seen an array of new Penn Press titles on topics ranging from the history of workplace feminism to Islamic architecture and beyond—just in time for summer!… READ MORE

Penn Press Spring 2016 Catalog

As 2015 draws to a close, we look ahead to the springtime, in more ways than one.  We are pleased to share our Spring 2016 catalog. Spring brings the first… READ MORE

Announcing our Fall 2015 catalog

Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2015 catalog. This season's offerings include Margaret O'Mara's Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century; the fourth… READ MORE

An English Major in the Workforce

There is one question that is the bane of every hopeful English major’s existence: What are you going to do with that degree? It is not a question at all really, but rather a warning in disguise presuming we will all waste away in a life long attempt to write the next great American novel.

A Publishing Internship Packing List

Before I began my internship, I hadn’t considered the extremely obvious fact that a lot of paper gets passed around in a press (blame my place in the digital generation). However, even as my fingers have become increasingly shredded, I’ve come to appreciate traditionally printed work more and more.