Columbia University Press Party

In honor of University Press week, Book Culture hosted a party to celebrate Columbia University Press. We asked some of the attendees for book recommendations, which yielded eclectic results.

Meredith Howard, a director of marketing at Columbia University Press, is currently reading Do This For Me, by Eliza Kennedy, about a high-powered lawyer who plots revenge after learning of her husband’s infidelity. Next up is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Accessory to War, about the relationship between astrophysicists and the US Military.

  

CUP Publicist Derek Warker recommends Kate Braverman’s collection of short stories, A Good Day for Seppuku.  

 

Scientist Gavin Schmidt, who peer-reviews books for CUP, recommends two very different books: The Collapse of the Confederacy, edited by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D. Simpson, and Iggy Peck, Architect  by Andrea Beaty.

book jacket for The Collapse of the Confederacy 

Jennifer Crewe, associate provost and director of CUP,  is about to start Deborah Eisenberg’s new story collection, Your Duck is My Duck. She also recommends The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea, and Canada by Richard Ford.

Image result for eisenberg your duck is my duck    

Tom Kitson, who translated Rapture, by Iliazd, for CUP, has been enjoying Questioning Minds: The Collected Letters of Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner.  He also recommended Robert Duncan’s The HD Book, about the poet Hilda Doolittle.

 The H.D. Book by Robert Duncan, Michael Boughn, Victor Coleman

Thank you to everyone who came to our celebration!
 

Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military By Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang Cover Image
$30.00
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ISBN: 9780393064445
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 11th, 2018

A Good Day for Seppuku: Stories By Kate Braverman Cover Image
$15.95
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ISBN: 9780872867215
Published: City Lights Books - February 27th, 2018

Iggy Peck, Architect: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) By David Roberts (Illustrator), Andrea Beaty Cover Image
By David Roberts (Illustrator), Andrea Beaty
$19.99
ISBN: 9780810911062
Availability: On hand at one or more locations, see product page for details
Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - October 1st, 2007

Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories By Deborah Eisenberg Cover Image
$26.99
Not Available
ISBN: 9780062688774
Published: Ecco - September 25th, 2018

The House of Broken Angels By Luis Alberto Urrea Cover Image
$27.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9780316154888
Published: Little, Brown and Company - March 6th, 2018

Canada By Richard Ford Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780061692031
Availability: On hand at one or more locations, see product page for details
Published: Ecco - January 22nd, 2013

The H.D. Book (The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan #1) By Robert Duncan, Michael Boughn (Editor), Victor Coleman (Editor) Cover Image
$46.19
ISBN: 9780520272620
Availability: Not In Stock - Usually ships in 3-5 Days
Published: University of California Press - January 5th, 2011