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Romare Bearden Authors on BBC Caribbean

The BBC Caribbean interviewed Romare Bearden authors Richard and Sally Price about their work on their lavishly illustrated study of the American artist. "Many books have been written about him,"… READ MORE

Kiln Construction–Now Available

Kiln Construction: A Brick by Brick Approach Joe Finch 112 pages | 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 | 211 color illus. Paper 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-1984-8 | $32.50Not for sale… READ MORE

Besteman Reconnects with Refugees

Penn Press author and Colby College professor Catherine Besteman discussed her involvement with Maine’s growing African immigrant community in a recent New Yorker article by William Finnegan. A year ago,… READ MORE

Deans and Truants–Now Available

Deans and Truants: Race and Realism in African American Literature Gene Andrew Jarrett 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3973-3 | $47.50 |… READ MORE

Our Living Manhood–Now Available

Our Living Manhood: Literature, Black Power, and Masculine Ideology Rolland Murray 160 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3972-5 | $39.95 | £26.00 In Our Living Manhood,… READ MORE

A Sufi-Jewish Dialog–Now Available

A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya ibn Paquda’s Duties of the Heart Diana Lobel 376 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3953-9 | $59.95 |… READ MORE