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Quakerism, Archives, and Cross-writing: An Interview with Donald Ulin
Donald Ulin, editor of Writing Home: A Quaker Immigrant on the Ohio Frontier, talks with our graduate assistant Madison Weaver about the challenges of archival work, Quaker views on social justice issues, and how the life of an ordinary nineteenth-century woman resonates with the contemporary immigrant experience. Weaver: How did you find your way into […]
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ALTA43 Virtual Exhibit
In celebration of ALTA43, Bucknell University Press has assembled a list of books that may be of interest to attendees. Bucknell is a leading publisher in the humanities with a focus on literary studies, and maintains a broad interest in translation and translated works—particularly in Spanish and francophone studies. Over the years, we have published […]
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A Good Surprise in a Terrible Year
The Nobel Prize in Literature for Louise Glück A Guest Post by Lee Upton At last, a good surprise in a terrible year. My mother-in-law brought me the news first: Louise Glück had won the Nobel Prize. Glück has often been the recipient of awards (the Pulitzer in 1993 and the National Book Award in […]
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Celebrating Marsha P. Johnson
On what would have been her 75th birthday, LGBTQ+ activist and icon Marsha P. Johnson made history yet again, almost thirty years after her passing. New York governor Chris Cuomo announced on August 24, 2020 that what was previously known as the East River State Park will now be Marsha P. Johnson State Park, the first […]
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Call for Essays and Proposals: Teaching the Eighteenth Century Now
Bucknell University’s series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850 invites expressions of interest for essays or collections of essays that highlight the scholarship of teaching the long eighteenth century including the Romantic era. Proposals for edited volumes need not have firm commitments from authors at this stage, but should detail possible contributors and topics. The […]
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Celebrating Our Female Authors
In honor of International Women’s Day, we wanted to take the time to highlight some of our incredible female authors. Fire on the Water: Sailors, Slaves, and Insurrection in Early American Literatureby Lenora Warren Lenora Warren tells a new story about the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny […]
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An Interview with Frieda Ekotto
Frieda Ekotto is a professor of comparative literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and currently serves as the chair of the department of Afroamerican and African studies. Her early work involves an interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions among philosophy, law, literature, and African cinema. Don’t Whisper Too Much was first published by French […]