Essay Forbidden texts August 12, 2024 When was the last time you read a forbidden text? Not forbidden in some other time and place, but here and now, a text that, were it discovered in your possession, might land you in prison? Read More
Essay Working and investing as an ancient Roman August 03, 2024 Encountering the Romans in the marketplace and observing how they made a living allows us to discover how they negotiated the central questions of civilization. Read More
Essay How did Romans manage the risks of childbirth? July 31, 2024 From weather forecasts to astrology substacks, many people today structure their daily lives with the help of predictive information. Fundamentally, this was also true for ancient Romans. Read More
Essay PUP Life: Meetings, memos, and coffee in the conservatory July 25, 2024 As the senior editor for social science books here in the European office, my role is to seek out the most exciting and important new book ideas and work with authors to help them develop their work into proposals and eventually books. Read More
Essay What鈥檚 Joe Biden鈥檚 role in politics now? July 24, 2024 In April 2020, when Joe Biden had effectively won his party鈥檚 nomination to challenge incumbent US President Donald Trump in the coming election and political commentators had begun to fret about both candidates鈥� ages, I consulted Plutarch of Chaeronea to get his advice about old men engaging in politics. Read More
Essay Auden in nature and history July 22, 2024 If you look at the volumes published so far in the Auden Critical Editions series, you鈥檒l see that, with the exception of the Juvenilia (a unique kind of text), they feature book-length works. Read More
Essay The life of American Afterlives July 12, 2024 I first became aware of Shannon Dawdy鈥檚 American Afterlives during the fall of 2019, when her friend and fellow New Orleanian, the literary scholar and Princeton author Bryan Wagner, suggested that she contact av福利社 about her manuscript. Read More
Essay Volatile waters, fluid histories July 12, 2024 It can be depressing these days to read about the state of the world鈥檚 water supplies. This is a global problem, but it is undoubtedly most acute in the so-called global south, where population is growing fastest and water infrastructures are least robust. As pressing as these challenges are today, they have a long history. Read More
Essay Ovid鈥檚 38 recommendations for getting over a breakup July 10, 2024 Ever gone through a breakup? You鈥檙e not alone. In the year 1 CE, the Roman poet聽Ovid published a poem titled "Remedies for Love", and it suggests that relationships haven鈥檛 changed much in two thousand years. Read More
Essay Accounting for inequality July 10, 2024 Sitting in a Thai village with my collaborator, Anna Paulson, we began to wonder how to capture all the nuances of the reality of life of households and small entrepreneurs. Read More
Essay The unexpected dividends of a congressional internship May 23, 2024 When I first set foot on Capitol Hill 18 years ago to begin my summer internship, I was immediately struck by the awe-inspiring presence of the Capitol. Read More
Essay The post-pandemic economy May 22, 2024 The pandemic鈥檚 later economic waves may be its biggest and most important. Read More
Interview Christina Grozinger and Harland Patch on The Lives of Bees May 21, 2024 The Lives of Bees takes readers inside the world of these marvelous insects, exploring their physiology, behavior, ecology, evolution, and much more. Read More
Essay A sermon from a mountebank? Religious messaging in the age of AI May 21, 2024 The news that the religious group Catholic Answers was obliged to 鈥渄efrock鈥� an AI priest called Father Justin after it gave answers falsely claiming to be a real priest has caused widespread alarm among the faithful and glee among the skeptical. Read More
Interview David N. Livingstone on The Empire of Climate May 20, 2024 Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Read More
