Yale University Press

10/11/2026

Congratulations Katherine Rinne--Walking Rome's Waters won the 2026 Best Guidebook Award from the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

10/11/2026

Friendship—not truth—is the fragile but necessary foundation of democratic life.

A WORLD WE SHARE explores how these friendships shaped Hannah Arendt’s political thinking. Roger Berkowitz weaves Arendt’s life, thought, and friendships into a powerful meditation on our present moment. In an age of mass loneliness, ideological certainty, and civic breakdown, this book connects democracy not to consensus or moral purity but to our capacity to maintain relationships with others we do not agree with―and cannot fully understand.

10/08/2026

Congratulations to Vanessa Grossman, whose book A Concrete Alliance has won the prestigious Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies!

10/07/2026

Don't forget to register for this book talk: Katy Siegel and Elise Armani at the National Academy of Design in New York, Wednesday, October 7 at 6pm.

Where is art going, who is it for, and what can it tell us about our world? To think these questions through, we might begin by looking back

10/07/2026

📚 Available now: REINDEER by Nancy Langston.

When humans destroy a species’ habitat, does it become our responsibility to find them a new one—and might that choice have consequences? In REINDEER, Nancy Langston blends observations from her time spent studying reindeer in the field with historical accounts of human-reindeer interactions to participate in ongoing ecological debates on the vitality of species relocation as a method of preservation. Enhanced by the author’s own artwork, this passionate, informed, and surprisingly hopeful volume sheds light on the complicated past and possible futures of reindeer and the cultures surrounding them.

10/06/2026

From coffee shops to college campuses, a new generation is rediscovering collective action in the workplace. In WHY LABOR UNIONS MATTER, Nelson Lichtenstein shows how such trade unions can raise income, reduce racial and gender inequalities, and mobilize workers to become more socially and politically active. The book also reveals how general strikes, from San Francisco to Gdańsk and São Paulo, have been crucial to the replacement of authoritarian regimes with a radically transformative democracy.

WHY LABOR UNIONS MATTER is available now.

10/05/2026

What does soul food give us beyond a good meal? 🍽️

Christopher Freeburg explores how Black foodways have created spaces for community, connection, care, and healing—from family gatherings to restaurants and shared tables. In the midst of hardship and division, gathering around well-seasoned food can be an act of love, resilience, and cultural creation.

Soul food is more than a culinary tradition, and more an expression of Black creativity, resilience, and community.

10/02/2026

For centuries, the Onondaga Nation has remained at the heart of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. In this sweeping history, Michael Leroy Oberg traces the Onondaga’s survival through invasion, epidemic disease, dispossession, and attempts to eradicate their culture—and their enduring commitment to their land, traditions, and sovereignty. Drawing on archival research and interviews with members of the Onondaga Nation, this book illuminates a vibrant culture and the diplomatic relationships that shaped the history of the United States.

THE CENTRAL FIRE OF THE IROQUOIS is available now.

10/01/2026

THE DEATH OF THE CLINIC by Benoit Loiseau weaves together biography, history, and personal reflection in a groundbreaking exploration of five experimental clinics in recent Western history. Each of these clinics emerged in response to seismic political shifts and era-defining global events, yet at their heart lie the stories of extraordinary individuals who dared to reimagine how we care for one another. At once deeply personal and sharply analytical, Benoît Loiseau’s investigation is anchored in his own encounters with medical care and in the quiet influence of one health worker who shaped his life: his mother. In moving and reflective interludes addressed to her, Loiseau illuminates the emotional and ethical stakes of medicine today.

09/30/2026

📚 New in paperback! Explore medieval magic, stories written in the stars, the history of mathematics, Saudi Arabia, literature, and the forces shaping American politics—with seven books offering fresh perspectives on the people, ideas, and stories that shape our world.

Featured:
STORYTELLER by Leo Damrosch
STAR STORIES by Anthony Aveni
SAUDI ARABIA by David Commins
THE MAGIC BOOKS by Anne Lawrence-Mathers
A LITTLE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS by Snezana Lawrence
TAKING AMERICA BACK by David Austin Walsh
ANGER, FEAR, DOMINATION by William A. Galston