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Regis in Romance Documentary Premiere

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

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

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

Marking the Birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois

February 23 is a special day in American, African American, and world history. It is the birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps the nation’s greatest intellectual and activist…. READ MORE

More than Talking Heads

Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE

Reading Beyond Beloved

According Gene Andrew Jarrett "not all kinds of African American culture are celebrated in February during Black History Month. Consider literature, for example." In his article Misreading authors by their… READ MORE