Tropic of Venice Contest Winner
03/19/2007
Tropic of Venice author Margaret Doody knows Venice. So does Bonnie Hollis, winner of our Tropic of Venice contest. Over 360 people took our Tropic of Venice online quiz. 15… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
Shuger Immortal?
03/15/2007
Debora Shuger’s Censorship and Cultural Sensibility: The Regulation of Language in Tudor-Stuart England recently received supernatural praise. "Scrupulously researched, carefully written, argued, and developed, this is one of those books… READ MORE
Debunking Darwin Myths
In the March 14 Times Literary Supplement, Jim Endersby reviewed the Penn Press reissue of The Origin of Species: A Variorum Text while debunking myths about Charles Darwin’s work and… READ MORE
The Witnesses–Now in Paperback
03/14/2007
The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague Eric Stover 248 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3890-7 | $59.95 | £39.00 Paper… READ MORE
Chicago Tribune Reviews Jackson
03/12/2007
In a recent Chicago Tribune review of Thomas F. Jackson’s From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Eric Arnesen writes: Jackson . . . goes farther than many historians in arguing… READ MORE
Recent Books in Women’s Rights and Women’s History
03/08/2007
To mark International Women’s Day, here’s a list of our recent books on women’s rights and women’s history. Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor Venomous Tongues: Speech and… READ MORE
Regis in Romance Documentary Premiere
03/07/2007
Who’s Afraid of Happy Endings?, a witty and dynamic new documentary that explores the world of romance fiction, will have its world broadcast premiere on Bravo! Canada, this Thursday, March… READ MORE
Monastic Bodies–Now Available
Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe Caroline T. Schroeder 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3990-4 | $79.95 | £52.00… READ MORE
Overcoming Cruelty: What Torture Has Taught Me
03/05/2007
William F. Schulz, past president of Amnesty International and editor of the forthcoming The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary, will speak at the Drexel University campus in Philadelphia today…. READ MORE
Parkin Wins Emily Toth Award
02/28/2007
The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association has awarded Katherine J. Parkin’s Food is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America, the Emily Toth Award for the best book in… READ MORE
