Purposes of Paradise–Now Available
07/20/2010
The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i Christine Skwiot 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4244-7 | $39.95… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
JAMA reviews The Anatomy Murders
07/15/2010
Q: What recent Penn Press history book has captured the attention of the Journal of the American Medical Association? A: Lisa Rosner's The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular… READ MORE
Reasons to Write: TLS Reviews Three Penn Press Books on French Literature
07/08/2010
In "Reasons to write," the Times Literary Supplement examines recent books on France's literary past, including three Penn Press titles: The Literary Market: Authorship and Modernity in the Old Regime,… READ MORE
Animal Characters–Now Available
07/06/2010
Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature Bruce Thomas Boehrer 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth Jun 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4249-2 | $49.95 | £32.50… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Len Krisak Reads from his translation of Virgil’s Eclogues
07/01/2010
In the July 2010 Penn Press podcast, Len Krisak–winner of the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize, and the Robert Frost Prize–talks about his new translation of Virgil's… READ MORE
Through the History of the Cold War–Now Available
07/01/2010
Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs Edited by John Lukacs 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN… READ MORE
Three “Essential” Penn Press Books in Choice Magazine
06/30/2010
Three very different Penn Press books were named "essential" in the June 2010 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries–Marisa Chappell's The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics… READ MORE
Behind the Killing Fields–Now Available
06/30/2010
Behind the Killing Fields: A Khmer Rouge Leader and One of His Victims Gina Chon and Sambath Thet 212 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2010 |… READ MORE
Sageman Cited in Rolling Stone Article
06/23/2010
In this week’s much discussed McChrystal piece in Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings cites Penn Press author Marc Sageman in his commentary on the complex and messy nature of the counterinsurgency… READ MORE
National Post Op-Ed on Darnton’s Work
06/22/2010
An op-ed piece on Robert Darnton’s research on French libel recently appeared in the National Post. Columnist Robert Fulford writes: When we chronicle the struggle for literary freedom we too… READ MORE
