Today is the first day of spring, and we're celebrating with a 50% off book sale! It can be a daunting task to make a selection from our 2,000+ titles, so we surveyed our staff to see which books they recommend to jump-start your spring reading. We hope you find something you like from the list below, which includes a wide range of interests from American History to Women's Studies! Check out the IU Press website for a complete list of books. Our sale ends March 22, so don't delay purchasing your favorite titles at half off!
American History
Books from the Global African Voices series:
Book from the Break Away Books series:
Book from the Library of Indiana Classics series:
The February/March 2012 issue of Bloom features an article about our newly-launched Break Away Books fiction series. The piece discusses the books released in the fall including The Swan and The Glimpse Traveler, and what to expect from the upcoming books. Pick up a copy of Bloom at these locations or subscribe online.
Earth Works author Scott Russell Sanders has several events planned for March:
March 1-3
Sanders will attend the 2012 AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair at the Chicago Hilton. Sanders will sign copies of his books Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto at noon March 3. For more information on the conference and bookfair, visit the AWP website.
March 15
At 7:30 p.m., Sanders will deliver the Annual Vocation of the Writer Lecture at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. To learn more about this event, visit the College of Holy Cross events page.
March 24
Sanders will discuss and sign copies of Earthworks from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Village Lights Bookstore in Madison, IN. For more information, call 812-265-1800 or visit the Village Lights Bookstore website.
March 29
Sanders will be the keynote speaker at the 43rd Annual College English Association Conference. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, VA. You must register online to attend this event. To learn more about the conference, visit the College English Association website.
For more information on these events, please visit the author's website.
Two IU Press authors will sign copies of their books at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs' Annual Conference & Bookfair in Chicago March 3. Robin Hemley will sign copies of his novel The Last Studebaker at 11 a.m., followed at noon by Scott Russell Sanders, who will sign copies of his latest release, Earth Works, and A Conservationist Manifesto. Both signings will take place at IU Press's bookfair exhibit space (E10 and E11 on this map) in the Hilton Chicago hotel.
The bookfair is open to the public on March 3, so please stop by to learn more about our new Break Away Books series and to visit with our staff and authors!
Today the Jewish Book Council announced the winners of its 61st annual National Jewish Book Awards. Two IU Press books are among the winners and finalists. Gender and Jewish History edited by Marion A. Kaplan and Deborah Dash Moore was selected winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Anthologies and Collections. Olga Borovaya's book Modern Ladino Culture was named finalist in the category of Sephardic Culture. The awards will be presented March 14 at 8 p.m. during a gala ceremony held at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Congratulations to the authors of these books for their contributions to Jewish studies scholarship!
To see a complete list of award winners and finalists, visit the Jewish Book Council's website.
"In this expansive, thoughtful and beautifully crafted work, Ali Farah draws a compelling portrait of Somalia and the Somali diaspora and projects a vision of a Somali people reborn in dignity. ...[A] major contribution to African and global literature." —Kenya Daily Nation
Michael Martone, author of Not Normal Illinois and Double-wide, will speak as a part of University of Missouri's Creative Writing Program's Reading Series this Thursday, Oct. 27. During this event, Martone will read from one of his books and talk about writing and editing. This part of the event is free and open to the public, and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Tate Hall 215.
On Friday, Oct. 28, Martone will lead a private workshop with some graduate students to discuss their work. For more information on the event, read this Missourian article.
"On the surface ... it might appear challenging for an anthology of Ramayana Stories in Modern South India to tell us something new about the epic. This is, however, precisely what Paula Richman has been able to do through this lively and engaging volume. ... The translations ... are lucid and of consistently high quality. ... The utility of this book for active undergraduate learning cannot be overstated." —H-Asia
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