Northwestern University Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Uncanny Encounters: Literature, Psychoanalysis, and the End of Alterity
John ZilcoskyWe're thrilled to share that John Zilcosky, author of UNCANNY ENCOUNTERS, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship! Congratulations to the 2022 Fellows! https://t.co/prJMsiBZ4p .
Hardcover, 2016
$120.00Member price:$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Archivists: Stories
Daphne Kalotay"Kalotay’s own language is beautiful, precise and at times bitingly funny." - New York Times Read the wonderful review of Daphne Kalotay's latest work of fiction, The Archivists, available now! https://t.co/rlPvwTmBUg
Paperback, 2023
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unshuttered: Poems
Patricia SmithCheck out @PublishersWkly's starred review of UNSHUTTERED by @pswordwoman: "This is an affecting, lyrical work of empathy and imagination complemented by stunning images." https://t.co/icLlldOdUc .
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
March
Michael JamesHappy pub day to our March 2023 publications! 🔥 Covers of The Heresies of Jan Patocka: Phenomenology, History, and Politics by James Dodd, Synthetic Jungle: Poems by Michael Chang, God Went Like That: A Novel by Yxta Maya Murray https://t.co/aELgM2uLrg
Paperback, 2021
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New York Times the Times of the Seventies: The Culture, Politics, and Personalities That Shaped the Decade
New York Times"Kalotay’s own language is beautiful, precise and at times bitingly funny." - New York Times Read the wonderful review of Daphne Kalotay's latest work of fiction, The Archivists, available now! https://t.co/rlPvwTmBUg
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From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony
Abraham SutzkeverAnd congrats to Justin Cammy, recipient of the award for his translation of Abraham Sutzkever’s From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony, published by @McGillQueensUP!
Paperback, 2021
$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Back Stages: Essays Across Art, Performance, and Public Life
Shannon JacksonAuthor Shannon Jackson explores a range of disciplinary, institutional, and political puzzles that engage the social and aesthetic practice of performance in BACK STAGES: ESSAYS ACROSS ART, PERFORMANCE, AND PUBLIC LIFE. Available here: https://t.co/DC9Mx3LlXN . https://t.co/jcBci7ZC1m
Hardcover, 2022
$99.95Member price:$99.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Women Writing Jewish Modernity, 1919-1939
Allison SchachterVisit us at #aseees22 #aseees2022 and pick up a copy of “Women Writing Jewish Modernity, 1919–1939” by our wonderful author Allison Schachter (pictured). ✍️ #slavicstudies #slavicstudies4eva https://t.co/gzDFEun4L5
Hardcover, 2021
$120.00Member price:$120.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Trumpet
Jackie KayEmilio Amideo (@EAmideo), author of QUEER TIDALECTICS, was awarded an Honourable Mention for his chapter "Waves of Sound, Gender Fluidity, and Shifting Kinships in Jackie Kay's Trumpet." Congrats to both 2021 @IASSL_ScotLit awardees! https://t.co/eIllvz2anY https://t.co/Xt2dUav0TB
Paperback, 2000
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fire Is Not a Country: Poems
Cynthia Dewi OkaICYMI: Check out @JerzyPoet's review of @freedewi's FIRE IS NOT A COUNTRY via @HeronBarks: https://t.co/sDbLxBfd7Y. "Fire Is Not a Country is a personal triumph, a prophetic and damning truthsayer for our times, and an essential read for the revolutionary and the poet."
Paperback, 2021
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book