SUNY Press

12/19/2025

Good morning and happy holidays from SUNY Press, where some 2026 titles have just arrived.

12/19/2025

As higher education faces financial, political, and safety crises, the voices most impacted are often sidelined.

Forthcoming in March 2026, THE CAMPUS CRISIS TOOLKIT brings together 40+ faculty, staff, and student perspectives to examine campus closures, layoffs, exigency declarations, and more, offering hard-earned lessons from the front lines.

https://tinyurl.com/467yymn8

12/19/2025

In this fourth and final episode of the Almanac podcast, Christine Gelineau celebrates the Winter Solstice and converses with Rebecca Hart Olander, editor and director of Perugia Press.

In this fourth episode Christine Gelineau converses with Rebecca Hart Olander, editor and director of Perugia Press on the topics of publishing, what editors...

12/18/2025

We're excited to see Jeffrey Louis Decker’s Rebel Girl and the Godfather make New York Trend's list of top winter reads! tinyurl.com/2vyu3bfp

12/17/2025

We’re thrilled to celebrate REFRAMING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP on winning the 2024 NYASA Book Prize!

Seth N. Asumah and Mechthild Nagel go beyond performative DEI efforts to show how authentic diversity and inclusive leadership can drive anti-racist, equitable, and transformational change in higher education—across the U.S. and globally. Drawing on critical race theory, Black feminism, and cross-cultural perspectives, Asumah and Nagel offer an essential framework for leaders, educators, and change-makers committed to justice on campuses and beyond.

https://tinyurl.com/2bvmb4ry

12/16/2025

What if freedom existed in ways the history books don’t show? New in paperback, BEYOND EMANCIPATION uncovers the hidden histories of maroons, enslaved people who escaped but remained in the South, through African American literature of the decade before the Civil War.

By revisiting works by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Martin Delany, Sean Gerrity reveals how “small acts” of resistance challenge conventional narratives of slavery and freedom, offering fresh insights into where, when, and how freedom could be imagined.

https://tinyurl.com/5n73dhdw

12/16/2025

How did Kabbalah move from elite, esoteric knowledge to a widely accessible spiritual tradition?

KABBALAH IN PRINT reveals how early modern print culture transformed Jewish mysticism, tracing the rise of Kabbalistic study guides, lexicons, and anthologies designed to make the ZOHAR readable for broader audiences. Focusing on four works by R. Yissakhar Baer of seventeenth-century Prague, Andrea Gondos uncovers how a new class of scholarly mediators leveraged print to reshape pedagogy, authority, and religious life.

https://tinyurl.com/38766n93

12/16/2025

Forthcoming in January: Zlochov, My Home offers translations of selected poems by the Yiddish writer Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, covering the full scope of his oeuvre. Save 50% in December with code SHDAYS25 at tinyurl.com/yeybctvv.

12/16/2025

What does it mean to read, and teach, Jewish American and Holocaust literatures in the 21st century?

NEW DIRECTIONS IN JEWISH AMERICAN AND HOLOCAUST LITERATURES surveys the evolving landscape of Jewish American and Holocaust writing, showing how the Holocaust continues to shape contemporary literary expression even as we move farther from the events themselves. Bringing together analytical and pedagogical perspectives, the contributors offer fresh approaches for scholars and educators alike.

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12/16/2025

How do we assess the enduring literary and political legacy of Amos Oz (1939–2019), one of Israel’s most influential writers and public intellectuals?

AMOS OZ: THE LEGACY OF A WRITER IN ISRAEL AND BEYOND brings together twenty leading scholars to examine Oz’s fiction and nonfiction across the full arc of Israel’s history. From canonical novels to overlooked works, including his final novel, JUDAS—the contributors explore Oz’s lyrical prose, psychological depth, and unflinching engagement with Israel’s conflicts, contradictions, and moral dilemmas.

at booth 206 or https://tinyurl.com/56kembj2

12/15/2025

THE LIFE OF THE SOUL offers a comprehensive and nuanced exploration of reincarnation in Judaism, bringing together kabbalistic, philosophical, and historical perspectives across periods and regions.

Addressing the enduring question—what happens after death?—contributors demonstrate how gilgul (transmigration of souls) stands at the center of Jewish mystical thought rather than its margins. The essays illuminate how reincarnation informs Jewish approaches to theodicy, biblical commandments, catastrophic historical events, sin and redemption, and the layered identities of biblical figures.

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