May 20, 2019
The sense of smell is most often associated with memory, but sound and color and touch can also transport you into a particular memory—sometimes a significant one, sometimes one that… READ MORE
May 17, 2019
The first paperback edition of Roman Warships is one of the stars of our Trade list this spring. It also makes an ideal companion to the author’s other paperback volume,… READ MORE
May 15, 2019
Julio Cortázar’s “Headache” is unsettling, unhappy, confounding, and nothing really happens. I love it. I first came across it a few years ago, during a time when I was suffering… READ MORE
May 14, 2019
This month we have two major University of Rochester Press publications coming out on French organist and composer Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): the paperback release of the acclaimed Widor: A Life… READ MORE
May 13, 2019
Although I had grown up an avid reader whose mother and I took frequent trips to the library, it wasn’t until college when I started reading short stories. Perhaps it… READ MORE
May 9, 2019
We are delighted to publish this enthralling history of imprisonment. It may not be the cheeriest subject, but prisons are an inescapable (pun intended, thank you) fact of life. How… READ MORE
May 8, 2019
I first encountered Baldwin’s 1957 story “Sonny’s Blues” fifteen years ago, when I was an adjunct in the English Department at Hunter College. I was preparing to teach it as… READ MORE
May 3, 2019
“Only the man who says ‘no’ is free.” – Melville So unusual is the perplexing tale of Bartleby, the Scrivener that I suspect it long remains in the minds of… READ MORE
May 2, 2019
I am a relatively recent addition to the marketing department of Boydell & Brewer. An errant academic with only a few months on the job, I still have much to… READ MORE
May 1, 2019
Harry Potter leads the charge this month (the criminal defence barrister not the wizard) with his latest book, Shades of the Prison House, an entertaining and informative exploration of the… READ MORE
Common Ground: The History of Britain’s Untamed Spaces