Philip Leventhal
@philipleventhal.bsky.social
Editor at Columbia University Press. I acquire in Film and Media Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies. Opinions my own.
On Wednesday, 2/4, The Schomburg presents Films by William Greaves as part of their Black on Screen series. Throughout his influential career, the Harlem-born documentary filmmaker was instrumental in documenting Black life on screen. tinyurl.com/knjb952d
January 21, 2026 at 1:39 AM
On Wednesday, 2/4, The Schomburg presents Films by William Greaves as part of their Black on Screen series. Throughout his influential career, the Harlem-born documentary filmmaker was instrumental in documenting Black life on screen. tinyurl.com/knjb952d
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“Militant civil disobedience, aggressively confronting a phalanx of masked agents in riot gear, or blocking traffic is nonviolent, but these tactics are not considered by the political class to count as ‘peaceful protest.’”
Historian Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE:
Historian Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE:
Renee Good's Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
“Militant civil disobedience, aggressively confronting a phalanx of masked agents in riot gear, or blocking traffic is nonviolent, but these tactics are not considered by the political class to count as ‘peaceful protest.’”
Historian Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE:
Historian Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE:
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JD Vance Is A Hog That'll Eat Any Slop | Defector
The operating principle of JD Vance’s life in politics seems to be as follows: How can I serve every powerful person while appealing to literally no normal person? There is no boot he won’t lick, no s...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Congratulations to Ainehi Edoro on the official publication date of her new book: FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK. Use the code MLA and save 30%! bit.ly/49whzSu @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Forest Imaginaries | Columbia University Press
Forests in fiction are often understood simply as settings, symbols, or remnants of a premodern past. Yet many African novelists have turned to the forest to... | CUP
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January 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Congratulations to Ainehi Edoro on the official publication date of her new book: FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK. Use the code MLA and save 30%! bit.ly/49whzSu @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Currently reading and excited for this, out tomorrow:
Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think x Dr Ainehi Edoro, from Columbia University Press
Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think x Dr Ainehi Edoro, from Columbia University Press
January 19, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Currently reading and excited for this, out tomorrow:
Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think x Dr Ainehi Edoro, from Columbia University Press
Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think x Dr Ainehi Edoro, from Columbia University Press
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In this Off The Page podcast episode, host Morteza Hajizadeh and author Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan talk about OVERDETERMINED. buff.ly/UkJVoQk #ListenUP @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 PM
In this Off The Page podcast episode, host Morteza Hajizadeh and author Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan talk about OVERDETERMINED. buff.ly/UkJVoQk #ListenUP @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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“What would such an antigenealogical, transcendent philology that I’ve called for here look like? One example might be found in Jennifer Scappettone’s Poetry After Barbarism.”
Read @aditilrao.bsky.social’s review, new at PB.
Read @aditilrao.bsky.social’s review, new at PB.
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers - Public Books
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. But why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
www.publicbooks.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
“What would such an antigenealogical, transcendent philology that I’ve called for here look like? One example might be found in Jennifer Scappettone’s Poetry After Barbarism.”
Read @aditilrao.bsky.social’s review, new at PB.
Read @aditilrao.bsky.social’s review, new at PB.
A twentieth-anniversary reissue of The Greatest renews faith in the artist’s soul-baring songs. 4columns.org/frere-jones-...
Cat Power
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January 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A twentieth-anniversary reissue of The Greatest renews faith in the artist’s soul-baring songs. 4columns.org/frere-jones-...
Jennifer Scappettone )@xenoglossic.bsky.social) discusses w/ PennSound her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, the concept of xenoglossia, and how the versatility and diversity of language serves as a meaningful resistance to fascism. bit.ly/3No6Elb @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Jennifer Scappettone )@xenoglossic.bsky.social) discusses w/ PennSound her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, the concept of xenoglossia, and how the versatility and diversity of language serves as a meaningful resistance to fascism. bit.ly/3No6Elb @columbiaup.bsky.social
"POETRY AFTER BARBARISM ... is animated by a fellow-poet's political passion and compassion for the peoples under subjection."
In *Blackbox Manifold,* Adam Piette reviews Jennifer Scappettone's new book. bit.ly/4pJGkPE @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
In *Blackbox Manifold,* Adam Piette reviews Jennifer Scappettone's new book. bit.ly/4pJGkPE @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"POETRY AFTER BARBARISM ... is animated by a fellow-poet's political passion and compassion for the peoples under subjection."
In *Blackbox Manifold,* Adam Piette reviews Jennifer Scappettone's new book. bit.ly/4pJGkPE @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
In *Blackbox Manifold,* Adam Piette reviews Jennifer Scappettone's new book. bit.ly/4pJGkPE @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
"Explicitly and abundantly antistatist, Scappettone’s work engages with national language traditions without reinscribing dominant geopolitics."--Aditi Rao
An excellent review of POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, by @xenoglossic.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social. bit.ly/4sHA0er @columbiaup.bsky.social
An excellent review of POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, by @xenoglossic.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social. bit.ly/4sHA0er @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"Explicitly and abundantly antistatist, Scappettone’s work engages with national language traditions without reinscribing dominant geopolitics."--Aditi Rao
An excellent review of POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, by @xenoglossic.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social. bit.ly/4sHA0er @columbiaup.bsky.social
An excellent review of POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, by @xenoglossic.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social. bit.ly/4sHA0er @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Ideas on Fire author Nicole Morris Johnson @nimojo.bsky.social on the publication of The Souths in Her: Black Women Writers and Choreographers and the Poetics of Transmutation, out now from @columbiaup.bsky.social. 🥳
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January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Congratulations to Ideas on Fire author Nicole Morris Johnson @nimojo.bsky.social on the publication of The Souths in Her: Black Women Writers and Choreographers and the Poetics of Transmutation, out now from @columbiaup.bsky.social. 🥳
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Grateful for this gorgeous analysis—also a rallying cry in a time of gloom: "Scappettone offers the ultimate rejoinder to both Auerbach & Said...[O]ur language—our home—must also be planetary & cosmic, escaping the entrapments that make an internationalized earth just another vestige of the state."
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. In a new review, @aditilrao.bsky.social asks: Why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers - Public Books
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. But why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
www.publicbooks.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Grateful for this gorgeous analysis—also a rallying cry in a time of gloom: "Scappettone offers the ultimate rejoinder to both Auerbach & Said...[O]ur language—our home—must also be planetary & cosmic, escaping the entrapments that make an internationalized earth just another vestige of the state."
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"I do not know a transgender journalist who hasn’t faced harassment, abuse, or violent threats, and my experience is no exception," @erininthemorning.com tells CJR. Read the piece by H Conley. www.cjr.org/feature/repo...
Trans journalists on the risks of working in the news industry—and how to ensure their safety.
A dozen journalists on the risks of working in the news industry—and how to ensure their safety.
www.cjr.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"I do not know a transgender journalist who hasn’t faced harassment, abuse, or violent threats, and my experience is no exception," @erininthemorning.com tells CJR. Read the piece by H Conley. www.cjr.org/feature/repo...
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Out today! Meet Alexander Manshel, Associate Professor of English at McGill University. How is contemporary short fiction in America influenced by the people and institutions that contribute to its production, circulation, and reception? Listen here to find out:
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Out today! Meet Alexander Manshel, Associate Professor of English at McGill University. How is contemporary short fiction in America influenced by the people and institutions that contribute to its production, circulation, and reception? Listen here to find out:
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
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"Through INTERSEX, we can begin to imagine the true demedicalization of intersex. By admitting the failure of the promise of normalization...we can see the necessity of charting a new way forward..." Read the full review from SCIENCE. buff.ly/TZ5mFNO
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
"Through INTERSEX, we can begin to imagine the true demedicalization of intersex. By admitting the failure of the promise of normalization...we can see the necessity of charting a new way forward..." Read the full review from SCIENCE. buff.ly/TZ5mFNO
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join Robert Gooding-Williams in conversation with Adrienne Brown, Adom Getachew, and Jennifer Pitts about DEOMOCRACY AND BEAUTY on Friday, January 16, 2026 from 4:00–5:30pm. Register today!
Robert Gooding-Williams: Democracy and Beauty
What is beauty, and what is its political function? In what ways might it help undermine white supremacy and cultivate a more democratic political culture?
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January 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
join Robert Gooding-Williams in conversation with Adrienne Brown, Adom Getachew, and Jennifer Pitts about DEOMOCRACY AND BEAUTY on Friday, January 16, 2026 from 4:00–5:30pm. Register today!
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📚ASALH proudly announces the finalists for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize—recognizing outstanding scholarship on African American life, history, and culture.
🏆 Winner announced: Feb 17, 2026
⏰ 7pm ET | 6pm CT
Learn more: asalh.org
#ASALH #ASALHBookPrize #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackStudies #BHM
🏆 Winner announced: Feb 17, 2026
⏰ 7pm ET | 6pm CT
Learn more: asalh.org
#ASALH #ASALHBookPrize #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackStudies #BHM
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
📚ASALH proudly announces the finalists for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize—recognizing outstanding scholarship on African American life, history, and culture.
🏆 Winner announced: Feb 17, 2026
⏰ 7pm ET | 6pm CT
Learn more: asalh.org
#ASALH #ASALHBookPrize #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackStudies #BHM
🏆 Winner announced: Feb 17, 2026
⏰ 7pm ET | 6pm CT
Learn more: asalh.org
#ASALH #ASALHBookPrize #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackStudies #BHM
"THE SOUTHS IN HER understands Black women’s art as emancipatory in its broadest and bravest forms..." --Thadious M. Davis
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on THE SOUTHS IN HER, by @nimojo.bsky.social, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series
bit.ly/4pGZeXD @columbiaup.bsky.social
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on THE SOUTHS IN HER, by @nimojo.bsky.social, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series
bit.ly/4pGZeXD @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Souths in Her | Columbia University Press
Since the Middle Passage, the intellectual and physical freedom of Black women in the United States and the Caribbean has been constrained. Yet Black women w... | CUP
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January 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
"THE SOUTHS IN HER understands Black women’s art as emancipatory in its broadest and bravest forms..." --Thadious M. Davis
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on THE SOUTHS IN HER, by @nimojo.bsky.social, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series
bit.ly/4pGZeXD @columbiaup.bsky.social
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on THE SOUTHS IN HER, by @nimojo.bsky.social, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series
bit.ly/4pGZeXD @columbiaup.bsky.social
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My new solo album comes out on @thrilljockey.bsky.social on January 30th but you can hear the last song on the record today: thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/track/undern...
Underneath (II), by The Soft Pink Truth
from the album Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?
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January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
My new solo album comes out on @thrilljockey.bsky.social on January 30th but you can hear the last song on the record today: thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/track/undern...
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I wish I could say this book landed in the wrong world. Join me and my colleagues Rachel Galvin and Na’ama Rokem for a discussion of Poetry After Barbarism tomorrow in Chicago’s Seminary Co-op. Tomorrow at 4:30 pm in Hyde Park.
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I wish I could say this book landed in the wrong world. Join me and my colleagues Rachel Galvin and Na’ama Rokem for a discussion of Poetry After Barbarism tomorrow in Chicago’s Seminary Co-op. Tomorrow at 4:30 pm in Hyde Park.
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At least 25,000 New Yorkers showed up to protest yesterday. We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, we demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, and we call for ICE to get out of our cities.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM
At least 25,000 New Yorkers showed up to protest yesterday. We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, we demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, and we call for ICE to get out of our cities.
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In this blog post, author of SCANDAL Brandon Rottinghaus, suggests a sobering conclusion: Scandal hasn’t died, but its political power has eroded, reshaped by forces that would have been almost unimaginable a generation ago. buff.ly/4JeO5y9 #StayInformed #ReadUP
Brandon Rottinghaus asks, “Do Scandals Still Matter?” - Columbia University Press Blog
Brandon Rottinghaus asks, "Do scandals still matter?". He concludes Scandal hasn’t died, but its political power has eroded.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
In this blog post, author of SCANDAL Brandon Rottinghaus, suggests a sobering conclusion: Scandal hasn’t died, but its political power has eroded, reshaped by forces that would have been almost unimaginable a generation ago. buff.ly/4JeO5y9 #StayInformed #ReadUP
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In her new book, Dr. @cteeger.bsky.social writes "a brilliant, provocative, beautifully written, and hard-hitting analysis of teaching about apartheid in South African history classrooms at two schools..."
Read Dr. Pace and Dr. Wasserman's review here: bit.ly/4poUWE4
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Read Dr. Pace and Dr. Wasserman's review here: bit.ly/4poUWE4
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January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
In her new book, Dr. @cteeger.bsky.social writes "a brilliant, provocative, beautifully written, and hard-hitting analysis of teaching about apartheid in South African history classrooms at two schools..."
Read Dr. Pace and Dr. Wasserman's review here: bit.ly/4poUWE4
@columbiaup.bsky.social
Read Dr. Pace and Dr. Wasserman's review here: bit.ly/4poUWE4
@columbiaup.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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