Don't miss Michael O'Hanlon's (author of 'To Dare Mighty Things') in-depth op-ed, focused on Trump's voiced wishes to take over Greenland. Read below!

"Drawing on rich research, Okrent captures a clever, sensitive, complicated, and sometimes abrasive artist, and sheds fresh light on even Stephen Sondheim’s most well-known productions. A stellar portrait of an American theater great." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Today, campus speech is threatened by a combination of censorship, politics, and intolerance for opposing views. CAMPUS SPEECH AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM offers guidance from campus leaders who have confronted these questions for years. 

We sit down with Jonathan Gleason to discuss his prizewinning collection of essays, Field Guide to Falling Ill.  Read more:

"Ramirez's 'Frida'... approaches Kahlo as a cultural construct shaped by politics, feminism, identity, and... reinterpretation. It’s the first major scholarly study to tackle Frida as a global icon." —Derek Blasberg, review to be released in the March issue of Vogue Mexico.

"Every once in a while America needs an exhibition about the architect Bruce Goff to remind us of our better, kinder self." The catalogue Bruce Goff: Material Worlds is also a stunner. @artinstitutechi #brucegoff

Don't miss this recent positive review of Rynning's 'NATO', posted at H-Diplo, as part of the Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum!

"It’s only January, but 'Converts' by Melanie McDonagh will be a contender for my book of the year. Read this book with a notebook at your side, for you will find many, many more books and routes to follow, and incisive quotes galore." —Image culture editor, Nick Ripatrazone

Celebrate #blackhistorymonth with the Black Lives series - brief, authoritative biographies illuminating the breadth, diversity, and richness of Black experiences and individuals who profoundly shaped history.

New York Trend NYC includes the "ground-breaking art history" in Black Artists in America: From the Bicentennial to September 11 in a roundup of recent, important books. #arthistory #blackartists

Derek Blasberg spoke to art historian and curator Mari Carmen Ramírez about Frida Kahlo as artist, myth, and enduring global icon. Check it out: #frida

"These are powerful, compact poems that resonate particularly strongly in the United States in early 2026 -- but sadly also in far too many other places."—The Complete Review on Stolen Flower.

"An absolutely necessary read," writes The Chicago Review of Books, in its roundup of “12 Must-Read Books of January 2026", which features Yale author Jonathan Gleason's stunning 'A Field Guide to Falling Ill'.

Listen to this new podcast by Youshaa Patel on imitation within Islam on @NewBooksNetwork !

Save the date, Seattle! Marc James Carpenter, author of War on Illahee, will be speaking at Third Place Books on February 5th, and Elliott Bay Books on Feburary 9th.

A new review by @KirkusReviews of A Field Guide to Falling Ill describes the book as “arresting prose meets emotional and clinical intelligence in this lucid collection.” Pick up a copy here!

@ComicsJournal—"A display of the concrete impact of technological developments on art history... it is a focused, eloquent text whose arguments are grounded and material."

Don't miss Thomas Albert Howard, author of 'Broken Alters', in a new interview on New Books Network:

Watch this clip of @CBS covering Ruth Asawa's exhibition at @MuseumModernArt, where our retrospective catalogue is also featured!

Catch the authors of THE MASK in conversation with @NewBooksNetwork, exploring the history and cultural significance of face coverings across time and societies, now available online!

"'The Many Lives of Anne Frank' doubles as a cultural history of the Diary’s reception. As no one has done so thoroughly, Franklin shows how Frank became a testament to readers around the world, inspiring their art, politics, and personal experiences."—Jewish Review of Books

Don't miss The Complete Review's take on a new translation of Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Image of Her'!

Author Sten Rynning analyzes Trump's Greenland strategy in an interview with the @nytimes this week. Read more below:

We're thrilled to see Painters, Ports, and Profits included in @Hyperallergic's roundup of "15 Art Books We're Excited to Read in 2026!" Read more about the book and other recommendations here:

Don't miss The Arts Fuse's rave review of 'British Blonde', which they praise for its "meticulous, competent, and impressively researched approach"!

A crisp and refreshing biography of a complicated genius. @Booklist praises Daniel Okrent's portrait of Stephen Sondheim—"An insightful look at a...talented artist whose work transformed twentieth-century musical theater."

Critic John Wilson’s “Year of Reading” roundup for First Things includes his extensive praise for Modiano's 'Ballerina', which he reviewed for the Washington Examiner last January. Read more below!

Words Without Borders features Ega's 'Notes to a Black Woman' as one of its staff picks in its “most anticipated books of 2026” feature. 

“A fascinating book, which retells the story of Rome through social struggles, shedding considerable light on how Roman rulers’ actions had to take account of popular resistance throughout the Empire’s history.”—John Reece, Counterfire, on Bond's 'Strike'.

Celebrate #ASAWA100 by flipping through the book Ruth Asawa: Retrospective, which accompanied the show that opened last year @SFMOMA and is still open for a few more days @MuseumModernArt. Check out our podcast interview with curator Janet Bishop wherever you find your podcasts!

Don't miss the Arts Fuse's review of a new translation of Beauvoir's "The Image of Her"! Read more below. 

"[An] original and beautifully written book," writes The Wall Street Journal on Stalnaker's 'The Rest is Silence'. Read the entire review below!

"Hefner and Holcomb's expert collection contains two decades of correspondence from Claude McKay.... Throughout, McKay’s honed intellect and deep humanity are on full display. This is a major addition to McKay scholarship." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review of 'Letters in Exile'

"A triumph," declares Publishers Weekly in a starred review of 'A Field Guide to Falling Ill'. "[Gleason's book] is enlightening and beautifully written." Read the rave review below!

Our author David Dault ('The Accessorized Bible') speaks with Commonweal and Shifting Culture in two illuminating interviews. Read on now!

"Melanie McDonagh, in 'Converts', addresses a wave of conversions among the artists and intellectuals of the previous century, and incidentally sheds some light on our own time."—Valerie Stivers, UnHerd

“McDonagh's 'Converts' bring[s] to light the conversion stories of all kinds of artists and intellectuals: writers, painters, poets, philosophers... McDonagh’s forte lies in meticulous biography.” —Beatrice Scudeler, First Things

Words Without Borders has included Ismailov's 'We Computers' in its roundup of “Best Books in Translation” for 2025! Learn more about this "challenging and deeply pleasurable read" below!

"This [intellectual lineage] is...a worthy one."—Economic Botany on Hearsay Is Not Included by Michael R. Dove.

"Eisner crafts a biography that is really the life and times of this complicated and enigmatic piano woman" on @LilithMagazine's Seven Feminist Pop Culture Highlights of 2025!

“A whip-smart study. …this densely woven analysis [packs] a punch.”— @PublishersWkly on Marjorie Garber's Treacherous Secret Agent #politics #reads

"Peterson has created... what is probably the largest organized repository of government documents anywhere in Africa....This was heroic work."—@nybooks.com

Read the new profile with author Lola Lafon on her adventures in the Anne Frank House and writing journey for "When You Listen to This Song," now in print & online at the @nytimes: 

Mark your calendars! Prof. George Scialabba, author of The Sealed Envelope, is speaking on the Public Culture colloquium at Harvard on February 25. More info here:

Cities are becoming the new frontlines of refugee protection. What happens when we shift from seeing displacement as a crisis to recognizing it as an opportunity?  #refugees

Tomorrow, Friday 1/16 at 6pm, join curators from the @albers_foundation at The Hole (312 Bowery, NYC) for celebration of the book Anni Albers: Constructing Textiles!  #annialbers #booklaunch

Laurence appears to live an ideal life. But she gave up on happiness long ago, choosing instead to manifest the perfect image of a woman. THE IMAGE OF HER, newly translated, remains a strikingly relevant confrontation with the limits that society places on women and their power.

Happy birthday to #BertheMorisot, born January 14, 1841. For a beautifully illustrated look at her art alongside that of fellow painter and friend #EdouardManet, check out Manet & Morisot by Emily A. Beeny. #artbooks #Impressionism

"Over its 250 years as a nation, how has the United States developed and implemented defense strategy? What big themes, what American story, can describe the nation’s approaches to war and peace..."

"...clean prose style, deadpan ironies, arresting cast of characters, and remarkably detailed and exhaustive analysis..." Great review Peter Walsh of Linda Nead's book British Blonde @TheArtsFuse