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07/07/2025

Morris Faierstein recently discussed his book The Dybbuk: Its Origins and History with The Seforimchatter Podcast.

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07/07/2025

For our latest guest blog post, Sarah Read asks, "Must all successful scientific and technical writing be clear, concise, and to the point? What if the answer was no?" Sarah's new book, Busting the Myth of the Communication Metaphor: How Conventions for Technical Writing Perpetuate Injustice, is now available in ebook and hardcover. https://tinyurl.com/46b35jbu.

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07/07/2025

This week’s from Promotions Manager Michelle Alamillo takes us on a literary trip to Long Island’s most legendary seaside town. Whether you're lounging beachside or dreaming of coastal breezes Dan Rattiner’s iconic Hamptons trilogy, IN THE HAMPTONS TOO, STILL IN THE HAMPTONS, and IN THE HAMPTONS 4EVER are the perfect https://tinyurl.com/2fswaa73

07/07/2025

Bruce Dearstyne's latest op-ed exploes why the American Revolution still matters in today's world. Bruce's forthcoming book, Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change, publishes in January and is available to preorder now. tinyurl.com/4bdb2szd

We must not forget that democracy was born of struggle, and that it takes work to keep it alive.

07/05/2025

The Hard Sell of Paradise: Hawai'i, Hollywood, Tourism examines how mid-twentieth-century Hollywood, negotiating the rhetoric of the tourism industry, offered a complex and contradictory vision of "Hawai'i" for its audiences. From the classic studio system and elite tourism of the 1930s to a postwar era of mass travel, TV, and new leisure markets, the book explores how an eclectic group of populist media reflected the language of tourism not only through its narratives of leisure, but also through its complex engagement with larger cultural and historical questions, such as colonialism, world war, and statehood.

Read more and order your copy at https://tinyurl.com/5es28ea3

07/04/2025

Meet the Unsung Pioneer of Black Theatre!

Forthcoming in September, THE REDISCOVERY OF GEORGE "NASH" WALKER is the first-ever biography of one of America's forgotten greats — actor, writer, producer, and activist George Walker.

From escaping minstrel caricatures to redefining Black performance on , Walker, alongside Bert Williams, used humor, wit, and courage to transform the stage and challenge racial stereotypes at the turn of the 20th century.

Discover the vibrant history behind the legacy of a man who dared to tell Black stories, Black truths, and Black brilliance.

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07/03/2025

Forthcoming in August, Along the Hudson: Walking Manhattan’s Western Waterfront takes readers on eight fascinating walks along Manhattan's Hudson waterfront, with stops along the way to explore its architecture, infrastructure, and history. Author William J. Hennessey is an architectural historian and retired art museum Director. He is the author of two architectural guidebooks, Walking Broadway: Thirteen Miles of Architecture and History and Fifth Avenue: From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park.

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07/02/2025

Did you know our author Steven J. Gelberg created a Spotify playlist that pairs beautifully with his new book Tuning In: Experiencing Music in Psychedelic States? Check out Classical Music for Psychedelic States, featuring over 9 hours of music "intuitively and lovingly curated" by Steven J. Gelberg.

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07/01/2025

Here's some helpful summer reading for educators to over the break.

Explore a book for instructors that emphasizes the importance of relationships, cultural responsiveness, and engaged learning for all students' academic and personal success.

Teaching as if Students Matter supports the goal of teachers to create engaging classrooms where students want to learn. It provides concrete and specific methods for building relationships with all students, managing their behaviors in positive ways, and planning for engaged and authentic instruction.

Throughout, the book emphasizes the critical role of culturally responsive teachers in creating inclusive curriculum and meaningful relationships to help all students learn and succeed.

Thanks SUNY Press

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07/01/2025

What does it mean to be human now—in an age of AI, extinction, and existential blur?

New in paperback, LAUGHING ON THE BRINK OF HUMANITY explores the unsettling laughter that echoes where humanity ends and something other begins—across animals, machines, gods, and algorithms.

From to Spike Jonze, to Houellebecq, Jan Miernowski asks:
Can laughter reveal what it means to be human—especially when that laughter isn’t funny?

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07/01/2025

July is Disability Pride Month and we're offering 30% off select titles with code SDISP25. Browse sale titles at https://sunypress.edu/Subjects/Cultural-Studies/Disabilities.