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Five Questions with Neil Gregor, Author of “The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany”

June 9, 2025

In the years after the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and throughout the Second World War, all aspects of life in Germany changed. Despite the social and political upheaval, gentile citizens continued to attend concerts. In The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany, historian Neil Gregor surveys how the

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A Pride Month 2025 Reading List

June 2, 2025

The University of Chicago Press invites everyone to celebrate Pride with a reading list of recent books from Chicago and our client publishers that help illuminate LGBTQIA2S+ lives. From inspirational memoirs to gripping histories, original poetry collections, novels, studies of queer representation in media, natural history, biographies of queer luminaries,

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“The Porch” at the Venice Biennale, a Guest Post by Charlie Hailey

May 30, 2025

A few weeks ago I spent a fortnight in Venice helping set up “Porch: An Architecture of Generosity” and installing my book The Porch: Meditations on the Edge of Nature inside the U.S. pavilion at the 19th Biennale Architettura. Titled “Porch Unbound,” the installation unfolds the book’s pages in an

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A Collection of Books Celebrating the Lives and Works of Beloved Writers

May 28, 2025

In times of great uncertainty, it’s often art and literature that we turn to for escape, for answers, and for comfort. How many times have you reread the Harry Potter series, Percy Jackson, or The Lord of the Rings when the world suddenly felt not only overwhelming but frightening? Do

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5 Questions with Liz Kalaugher, the author of “The Elephant in the Room”

May 16, 2025

When new diseases spread, news reports often focus on wildlife culprits—monkeys and mpox; bats and COVID-19; or waterfowl and avian flu. But it often works the other way around—humans have caused diseases in other animals countless times, through travel and transport, the changes we impose on our environment, and global

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Call for Papers: “The Journal of African American History”

May 6, 2025

The Journal of African American History is seeking submissions for a 2027 special issue titled “Black Women’s History in the Twenty-First Century: Engaging the Future.” The issue will provide an opportunity to reﬂect seriously on the state of scholarship on Black women in the United States as well as to

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A Collection of Books on Gardening

April 30, 2025

It’s that time of year. Snowdrops and crocuses are blooming. Tulips and daffodils are sending up their leaves. It seems like the land is waking up and it’s time to start thinking about your garden. You’ve been waiting all winter and the time is almost here. Not yet time to

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Five Questions with John M. Kinder, author of “World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age”

April 28, 2025

As Europe lurched into war in 1939, zookeepers started killing their animals. On September 1, as German forces invaded Poland, Warsaw began with its reptiles. Two days later, workers at the London Zoo launched a similar spree, dispatching six alligators, seven iguanas, sixteen southern anacondas, six Indian fruit bats, a

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National Poetry Month: Seagull Books

April 24, 2025

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’re excited to share a reading list of new poetry collections from our wonderful distributed client, Seagull Books. Shop our poetry collection directly from our website using the promo code POETRYMONTH and take 40% off at checkout. Seagull Books Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy

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Chicago suburb, Elk Grove Village is dropping it’s legal fight to prevent expansion of O’Hare International Airport because plans to build a roadway through an industrial park in the village were reportedly dropped. More…