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Welcome to the Columbia University Press website. Did you know that August is Women in Translation Month? In honor of these great writers, this month our blog will feature excerpts from our “new” and “best of” women in translation titles, guest posts, videos, and more. Be sure to follow #CUPWIT on our social media channels and blog for our latest posts!

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New Titles from Distributed Presses

The Federal Reserve
The Empire Remains Shop
Brooklyn Tides
Comparison

  • Agenda Publishing: The Federal Reserve and its Founders, by Richard Naclerio

  • Columbia Books on Architecture and the City: The Empire Remains Shop

    Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe)

  • From Transcript Press: Brooklyn Tides
    The Fall and Rise of a Global Borough
    Benjamin Shepard and Mark Noonan

  • From Barbara Budrich Publishers: Comparison: A Methodological Introduction for the Social Sciences, by Leonardo Morlino

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Book Giveaway! City Folk and Country Folk (Aug 13, 2018)
August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we’re featuring Sofia Khvoshchinskaya’s City Folk and Country Folk. An unsung gem of nineteenth-century Russian literature, City Folk and Country Folk is a satire of Russia’s aristocratic and pseudo-intellectual elites in the 1860s.
Pity the Dewy Pearl Be Thrown (Aug 11, 2018)
Here’s a haiku by Lady Den Sute-Jo (1633-98), translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, in honor of Women in Translation month. #haiku #womenpoets #womenintranslation #japanese #poetry A post shared by Columbia (@grangersworldofpoetry) on Aug 7, 2018 at 9:13am PDT
Julia Kristeva Works in English (Aug 9, 2018)
“If there’s an English language translation of a book authored by Julia Kristeva, it was likely published by Columbia University Press.” ~ Eric Schwartz In honor of Women in Translation Month, this week, we are featuring the work of Julia Kristeva. Today we are happy to present you with a series of excerpts from books
Julia Kristeva and Thought in Revolt (Aug 8, 2018)
In honor of Women in Translation Month, this week we are celebrating Julia Kristeva. Today, we are happy to bring you an excerpt from a Times Literary Supplement piece about her impact on literary criticism, psychoanalysis and semiotics. Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of The Enchanted Clock! Click here for a full list
New Book Tuesday! Open to Reason, Media U, Queer Terror and More! (Aug 7, 2018)
Our weekly list of new releases is now available! The Practice of Political Theory Rorty and Continental Thought Clayton Chin Media U How the Need to Win Audiences Has Shaped Higher Education Mark Garrett Cooper and John Marx Queer Terror Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony C. Heike Schotten Smarter New York City