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Poetry Month Feature: Tupelo Press
NewsApr 15, 2026

Poetry Month Feature: Tupelo Press

Tupelo Press is spotlighting two new titles for National Poetry Month: the Arabic/English anthology "Other Paths for Shahrazad," featuring contemporary Arab women poets, and Carrie Olivia Adams' "The Book of Marys and Glaciers," a collection that weaves desert, consumerism and...

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“The Art of Living in Avant-Garde Paris”: A Playlist by Rachel Silveri
NewsMar 12, 2026

“The Art of Living in Avant-Garde Paris”: A Playlist by Rachel Silveri

Rachel Silveri, an assistant professor at the University of Florida, has released *The Art of Living in Avant‑Garde Paris*, a new monograph that examines how interwar Paris artists wove creative practice into everyday life. The book is paired with a...

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Five Questions with Susan Engel, Author of “American Kindergarten: Dispatches From the First Year of School”
NewsMar 3, 2026

Five Questions with Susan Engel, Author of “American Kindergarten: Dispatches From the First Year of School”

Susan Engel’s new book *American Kindergarten* chronicles two years of visits to 29 classrooms across fourteen states, uncovering five core promises—reading, order, thinking, identity and love—that shape kindergarten experiences. Her observations reveal that classroom quality does not align neatly with...

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Five Questions with Federico Marcon, Author of “Fascism”
NewsFeb 26, 2026

Five Questions with Federico Marcon, Author of “Fascism”

Federico Marcon’s new book, *Fascism: The History of a Word*, offers a semiotic reconstruction of the term “fascism,” tracing its meanings from Mussolini’s regime through post‑war scholarship to contemporary political discourse. The work proposes a novel historiographical method that treats...

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