Off the Shelf is a Columbia News series in which professors discuss their recently published books, as well as what they have read recently and recommend, and who they would invite to the perfect dinner party.
In Vera, or Faith, the School of the Arts writing professor portrays a crumbling modern American family.
Professor Jeremy Dauber takes on middle-grade readers in his second book for children.
Edward Mendelson offers a new critical study—and a love letter—to the enduring novel.
In her new book—part memoir, part reportage—Marguerite Holloway tells the story of forests in the climate change era.
Professor Eunji Kim’s book, The American Mirage, shows how entertainment media so easily fools its viewers.
Read Professor Anelise Chen’s hybrid memoir, Clam Down, to find out.
Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.
In Pronoun Trouble, the Columbia professor and New York Times columnist tells the truth about those pesky little words.
A new book offers a framework for unifying the two spheres.
John Phan shows how modern notions of language history are often hampered by nationalist narratives.
James Hoberman covers that decade of cultural ferment in the city in Everything Is Now.
In Language City, Ross Perlin, a linguist, takes readers on a tour of the city’s communities with endangered tongues.