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May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century

Q&A for Anthem Author Blog Post — Julia Dabbs, May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate How did you become interested in this subject?  I teach a course on “Women & Art” and in a textbook came across a brief discussion…

University Press Roundup: Ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, Why Food Matters Apart from Biological Survival, Surviving Climate Chaos

Check out our collection of eight of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Gilgamesh Dream Tablet—Iraq puts looted artifacts on display  A…

William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795

Drawn to Blake In Ross Glass’s 2020 psychological horror film, Saint Maud, the title character, a hospice nurse who has recently converted to an extremely ascetic form of Catholicism after a hedonistic earlier phase, is given a book of William…

Talk of the Town: Eight Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in November 2021

Anthem Press has tailored eight remarkable and latest articles that contribute to a round-up of the top news stories in the publishing industry. 1. New Library Design: Spaces that Connect, Cultivate, and Transform Communities As libraries acquire more digital materials,…

Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine

Travel writing, as its name suggests, would seem to require travel in order to be effectively produced. After all, how can one write about your experience of visiting foreign lands if you’re unable to travel to them in the first…

University Press Roundup: European Union, Common Types of Plagiarism, Socialism, Neo-nationalism, Fragmented Society and Book Excerpts

Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. What is the European Union? And Why Does It…

Exotic Alternative Investments: Q&A with Kevin R. Mirabile

Exotic Alternate Investments by Kevin Mirabile provides an in-depth analysis of the returns, risks, opportunities and portfolio effects for investors, advisors and academics and anyone who wants to expand their investment horizons. In this brief Q&A, Mirabile shares his thoughts on…

Julia Wedgewood, The Unexpected Victorian: Q&A with Sue Brown

Author Sue Brown talks to us about her upcoming book Julia Wedgewood, The Unexpected Victorian. Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913) was a leading Victorian female non-fiction writer who ventured fearlessly into the reserved territory of the Victorian “man of letters”, writing about…

Freedom Isn’t Free: Q&A with Markos Kounalakis

Markos Kounalakis is an award-winning author, scholar and journalist. Freedom Isn’t Free takes an analytical look at political, economic, social and moral trade-offs in a world in flux. Highly readable, the volume’s collected foreign affairs essays have a wide range…