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 Friday, January 30th at 1 pm, join Jennifer Scappettone as she discusses her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM at Basket Books and Arts in Houston, TX. tinyurl.com/2dbu8y7n @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 AM
On Friday, January 30th at 1 pm, join Jennifer Scappettone as she discusses her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM at Basket Books and Arts in Houston, TX. tinyurl.com/2dbu8y7n @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
@jbhe.com has a great list of Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars, including THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson tinyurl.com/ymzmsr2p @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
@jbhe.com has a great list of Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars, including THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson tinyurl.com/ymzmsr2p @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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
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
#MLA26 might be over but you can still save 30% on all
@columbiaup.bsky.social books in literary studies, including new books in poetry criticism by @xenoglossic.bsky.social, @kristingrogan.bsky.social, @keegancf.bsky.social, and @afilreis.bsky.social. Use the coupon code MLA! bit.ly/4jBA1fP
@columbiaup.bsky.social books in literary studies, including new books in poetry criticism by @xenoglossic.bsky.social, @kristingrogan.bsky.social, @keegancf.bsky.social, and @afilreis.bsky.social. Use the coupon code MLA! bit.ly/4jBA1fP
January 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
#MLA26 might be over but you can still save 30% on all
@columbiaup.bsky.social books in literary studies, including new books in poetry criticism by @xenoglossic.bsky.social, @kristingrogan.bsky.social, @keegancf.bsky.social, and @afilreis.bsky.social. Use the coupon code MLA! bit.ly/4jBA1fP
@columbiaup.bsky.social books in literary studies, including new books in poetry criticism by @xenoglossic.bsky.social, @kristingrogan.bsky.social, @keegancf.bsky.social, and @afilreis.bsky.social. Use the coupon code MLA! bit.ly/4jBA1fP
Congratulations to Jarvis McInnis, whose book AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, is a finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize! bit.ly/4buPtrY @asalh-bhm.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Congratulations to Jarvis McInnis, whose book AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, is a finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize! bit.ly/4buPtrY @asalh-bhm.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
#MLA26 is over but you can still save 20% on all @columbiaup.bsky.social books in literary studies, including two amazing new titles, FOREST IMAGINARIES, by Ainehi Edoro and THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. bit.ly/4jBA1fP @nimojo.bsky.social @brittlepaper.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
#MLA26 is over but you can still save 20% on all @columbiaup.bsky.social books in literary studies, including two amazing new titles, FOREST IMAGINARIES, by Ainehi Edoro and THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. bit.ly/4jBA1fP @nimojo.bsky.social @brittlepaper.bsky.social
Visit the @columbiaup.bsky.social booth (203) at #MLA26 and save 50% on books on display, including ATERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, by Jarvis McInnis; POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, by @xenoglossic.bsky.social; DOWNTIME, by @goblemark.bsky.social; & LOVE, MONEY DUTY, by @rachela212.bsky.social bit.ly/4qdZNsQ
January 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Visit the @columbiaup.bsky.social booth (203) at #MLA26 and save 50% on books on display, including ATERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, by Jarvis McInnis; POETRY AFTER BARBARISM, by @xenoglossic.bsky.social; DOWNTIME, by @goblemark.bsky.social; & LOVE, MONEY DUTY, by @rachela212.bsky.social bit.ly/4qdZNsQ
"A field-defining tour de force." -- Ato Quayson
Hot off the press: FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, by Ainehi Edoro. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! bit.ly/4qw30DO @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Hot off the press: FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, by Ainehi Edoro. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! bit.ly/4qw30DO @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"A field-defining tour de force." -- Ato Quayson
Hot off the press: FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, by Ainehi Edoro. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! bit.ly/4qw30DO @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Hot off the press: FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, by Ainehi Edoro. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! bit.ly/4qw30DO @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
"I doubt any reader can come away from reading THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY without renewed appreciation for Virginia Woolf’s genius."
Mark Hussey on Edward Mendelson's new book. tinyurl.com/mr3n7e9r (see page 50). @columbiaup.bsky.social
Mark Hussey on Edward Mendelson's new book. tinyurl.com/mr3n7e9r (see page 50). @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"I doubt any reader can come away from reading THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY without renewed appreciation for Virginia Woolf’s genius."
Mark Hussey on Edward Mendelson's new book. tinyurl.com/mr3n7e9r (see page 50). @columbiaup.bsky.social
Mark Hussey on Edward Mendelson's new book. tinyurl.com/mr3n7e9r (see page 50). @columbiaup.bsky.social
Congratulations to Christopher Fan, whose book ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION AFTER 1965: TRANSNATIONAL FANTASIES OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY was shortlisted for the Biennial Book Prize from MELUS. tinyurl.com/4nkhu8sh @chrisfan.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congratulations to Christopher Fan, whose book ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION AFTER 1965: TRANSNATIONAL FANTASIES OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY was shortlisted for the Biennial Book Prize from MELUS. tinyurl.com/4nkhu8sh @chrisfan.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Listen to an interview w/ Martin Moore and Thomas Colley on the New Books Network as they discuss their amazing new book, DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS. megaphone.link/NBNK3356661094 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Listen to an interview w/ Martin Moore and Thomas Colley on the New Books Network as they discuss their amazing new book, DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS. megaphone.link/NBNK3356661094 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
"This is an elegant, expert, disciplined, and important book about the most urgent contemporary problem: the decay and disorder of information."
Jean Seaton on DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Jean Seaton on DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"This is an elegant, expert, disciplined, and important book about the most urgent contemporary problem: the decay and disorder of information."
Jean Seaton on DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Jean Seaton on DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Congratulations to Laura Helton, whose book, SCATTERED & FUGITIVE THINGS: HOW BLACK COLLECTORS CREATED ARCHIVES & REMADE HISTORY, published in Black Lives in the Diaspora series, was shortlisted for the 2024 MLA First Book Prize! bit.ly/44Tk91U @lehelton.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Congratulations to Laura Helton, whose book, SCATTERED & FUGITIVE THINGS: HOW BLACK COLLECTORS CREATED ARCHIVES & REMADE HISTORY, published in Black Lives in the Diaspora series, was shortlisted for the 2024 MLA First Book Prize! bit.ly/44Tk91U @lehelton.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Congratulations to Ying Qian, whose book, REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS: DOCUMENTARY MEDIA IN 20TH-CENTURY CHINA will receive Honorable Mention for the 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from the MLA! bit.ly/3MgUeuO @modernlanguage.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Congratulations to Ying Qian, whose book, REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS: DOCUMENTARY MEDIA IN 20TH-CENTURY CHINA will receive Honorable Mention for the 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from the MLA! bit.ly/3MgUeuO @modernlanguage.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Congratulations to Sunny Xiang, author of TONAL INTELLIGENCE, on receiving a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for her article, “Asian American Art During the First Intifada” bit.ly/4q5nqDN @columbiaup.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Congratulations to Sunny Xiang, author of TONAL INTELLIGENCE, on receiving a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for her article, “Asian American Art During the First Intifada” bit.ly/4q5nqDN @columbiaup.bsky.social
Today! All books in @columbiaup.bsky.social Black Lives in the Diaspora series are 50% off, including THE SOUTHS IN HER by @nimojo.bsky.social; AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION by Jarvis McInnis; and SCATTERED & FUGITIVE THINGS by @lehelton.bsky.social. bit.ly/4rupQx9
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Today! All books in @columbiaup.bsky.social Black Lives in the Diaspora series are 50% off, including THE SOUTHS IN HER by @nimojo.bsky.social; AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION by Jarvis McInnis; and SCATTERED & FUGITIVE THINGS by @lehelton.bsky.social. bit.ly/4rupQx9
Interested in documentary film? Today only, save 50% on all books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Investigating Visible Evidence series including THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT, by Pooja Rangan and REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS, by Ying Qian. bit.ly/4rupQx9
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Interested in documentary film? Today only, save 50% on all books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Investigating Visible Evidence series including THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT, by Pooja Rangan and REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS, by Ying Qian. bit.ly/4rupQx9
Today! All old and new books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Modernist Latitudes series are 50% off, including REORIENTALISM by Nariman Skakov; STATIC FORMS by Shir Alon; STITCH, UNSTITCH by @kristingrogan.bsky.social; and MODERNISM & THE MIDDLE PASSAGE by Laura Winkiel bit.ly/4rupQx9
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today! All old and new books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Modernist Latitudes series are 50% off, including REORIENTALISM by Nariman Skakov; STATIC FORMS by Shir Alon; STITCH, UNSTITCH by @kristingrogan.bsky.social; and MODERNISM & THE MIDDLE PASSAGE by Laura Winkiel bit.ly/4rupQx9
Today! All old and new books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Film & Culture series are 50% off, including NOMADIC CINEMA by Alison Griffiths; MAN OF TASTE, by Rob King; THE CINEMA OF EXTRACTIONS by @bleudeciel.bsky.social; and DEATH BY LAUGHTER, by @hennefem.bsky.social! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today! All old and new books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Film & Culture series are 50% off, including NOMADIC CINEMA by Alison Griffiths; MAN OF TASTE, by Rob King; THE CINEMA OF EXTRACTIONS by @bleudeciel.bsky.social; and DEATH BY LAUGHTER, by @hennefem.bsky.social! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
Today! All old & new books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Literature Now series are 50% off, including POETRY AFTER BARBARISM by @xenoglossic.bsky.social; POETRY IN GENERAL by @keegancf.bsky.social; BIG FICTION by @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social; and WRITING BACKWARDS by @manshel.bsky.social! bit.ly/4rupQx9
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Today! All old & new books in @columbiaup.bsky.social's Literature Now series are 50% off, including POETRY AFTER BARBARISM by @xenoglossic.bsky.social; POETRY IN GENERAL by @keegancf.bsky.social; BIG FICTION by @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social; and WRITING BACKWARDS by @manshel.bsky.social! bit.ly/4rupQx9
Today! Save 50%-70% on all @columbiaup.bsky.social books in journalism studies, including THE TECH-MEDIA HYBRID, by Qun Wang and DICTATING REALITY, by @martinjemoore.bsky.social and ThomasColley! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today! Save 50%-70% on all @columbiaup.bsky.social books in journalism studies, including THE TECH-MEDIA HYBRID, by Qun Wang and DICTATING REALITY, by @martinjemoore.bsky.social and ThomasColley! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
Today! Save 50%-70% off on all @columbiaup.bsky.social
books in film studies, including DOWNTIME, by @goblemark.bsky.social; HOLLYWOOD'S OTHERS, by @fuscowrites.bsky.social; MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA, by Phillip Lopate, and MARY C. MCCALL, by @jesmyth.co.uk! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
books in film studies, including DOWNTIME, by @goblemark.bsky.social; HOLLYWOOD'S OTHERS, by @fuscowrites.bsky.social; MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA, by Phillip Lopate, and MARY C. MCCALL, by @jesmyth.co.uk! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today! Save 50%-70% off on all @columbiaup.bsky.social
books in film studies, including DOWNTIME, by @goblemark.bsky.social; HOLLYWOOD'S OTHERS, by @fuscowrites.bsky.social; MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA, by Phillip Lopate, and MARY C. MCCALL, by @jesmyth.co.uk! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday
books in film studies, including DOWNTIME, by @goblemark.bsky.social; HOLLYWOOD'S OTHERS, by @fuscowrites.bsky.social; MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA, by Phillip Lopate, and MARY C. MCCALL, by @jesmyth.co.uk! bit.ly/4rupQx9 #CyberMonday