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Quick warning about a new scam targeting writers that we've suddenly had about 20 authors reach out about in the last few days: book club requests! A fake book club reaches out saying how much they want to feature your book. They frequently ask for a full PDF and some cash. Be safe out there.

"A tour de force. Scranton provides arguably the most comprehensive review available of relevant human behaviors and issues…. an indispensable reference for anyone concerned about climate change."

Thanks to @choicereviews.bsky.social for reviewing IMPASSE!
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479 Auden and the Muse of History (with Susannah Young-ah Gottli… W.H. Auden (1907-1973) was one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets - and also one of the most engaged. As he struggled to make sense of the rise of fascism, t…

“All we are not stares back at what we are.”
– W. H. Auden, b. Feb. 21, 1907

In this episode from the archives: @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb, about her book Auden and the Muse of History. #books #poetry #literature @stanfordpress.bsky.social

A sales banner with the following elements: On the lefthand side is an illustration of a woman and a man, the woman is giving the man a copy of Vol. 9 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche with a red gift bow on top of the book. She is saying: "Behold, man! Volume 9 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche." He replies: " Ecce Homo AND Twilight of the Idols! Honey, you spoil me." On the righthand side of the banner is the following text: Have a heart, give books this Valentine's Day. 30% off sitewide, 2/11 - 2/18, Only titles currently in stock, no backorders, Valid for US and CAN Orders only, Some exceptions apply; click for details

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The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1

"In 2025, the average length of stay in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody quadrupled to 117 days; Guatemalan children now make up roughly 35 percent of all detained minors."

@laurenheidbrink.bsky.social wrote about deportation from the US and Guatemalan children on the SUP blog

📆 Weds. 2/4 @ 7PM: We are excited to welcome Bianca J. Baldridge and Gabrielle Oliveira in store for a discussion of their new books, "Laboring in the Shadows" and "Now We Are Here". Learn more here: buff.ly/zcVoTNq

Debbie Berne was the only person ever to succeed in convincing me to read David Foster Wallace, and although I hadn't seen her since shortly after she left Green Apple, I think of her with genuine fondness every time the phrase "a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again" pops into my head. Sad news

White Flank | Stanford University Press White people's participation in racial justice movements has always been fraught, with competing ideas about what meaningful involvement entails. Yet the question of what it will take to get more whit...

This week is the official release date of White Flank: Organizing White People for Racial Justice. The timing is painful but perhaps important. (more in comments)

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Please buy books that are coming out this year.

Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky

Iran in Crisis: What’s Behind the Protests, and Will the U.S. Attack? Iran’s authoritarian government has faced widespread protests in recent weeks, marking the most extensive unrest the country has seen in decades. The demonstrations, which began at the end of 2025, we...

If you’re in SF please join this panel tonight on my book and current Iran crisis

To Tell Their Children | Stanford University Press This book offers an examination of Jewish communal memory in Prague in the century and a half stretching from its position as cosmopolitan capital of the Holy Roman Empire (1583-1611) through Catholic...

What's a historian to do when the present is unbearable? How about post a shameless plug for #herbook about the past? Your chance to think with the #Jews of #EarlyModern #Prague about their #memory, their #history; with careful attention to #gender all along the way. www.sup.org/books/jewish...

From Trump’s rejected treaties to our daily lives, we’re building walls around ourselves | Anand Pandian Martin Luther King Jr knew that ‘whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly’. But we Americans are denying that reality

MLK Jr insisted that what affects any one of us will affect all of us. His understanding of the “network of mutuality” that sustains us all is an essential lesson for this fraught moment in the US, I argue in a new op-ed for the Guardian.

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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?

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!

If you're in the area tomorrow please join me and Abbas Milani for a talk about my book and the current state of play of US-Iran at this pivotal moment.

Thank you Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar for mentioning The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping in @wsj.com's Who Read What in 2025

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Interview with David Thompson The narrative has its own momentum

I got interviewed by Rima Praspaliauskiene and Hallie Wells about my book, 'Where the Sun Rises Square', and how I wrote it. Thanks to both of them for the opportunity - it's available to read now! writewhatyoulike.substack.com/p/interview-...

18 years ago, I walked into this bookstore for the very first time in downtown Cairo. Today, I found the Arabic translation of my book on its shelves. I never could have imagined this moment and am so grateful to everyone who helped make it happen.

That new book is: Enduring Hostility: The Making of America's Iran Policy - available now!
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Announcing the 2026 Zócalo Book Prize Finalists | Zócalo Public Square Congratulations to 2026 Zócalo Book Prize Finalists: Congratulations to Authors Marie Gottschalk, Anand Pandian, Carter Sherman, and Brando Simeo Starkey

So very grateful for this news, for the support from the amazing Zócalo Public Square initiative, and for the company of these other wonderful writers.

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YouTube video by Stimson Center Enduring Hostility: A Book Talk on Why the U.S. and Iran Remain Adversaries

Really enjoyed the conversation today @stimsoncenter.bsky.social on my new book, with Ryan Crocker and Barbara Slavin moderating. Here's the video if you missed it:

A stack of books in a box. The title reads White Flank: Organizing White People for Racial Justice

This book was built on the wisdom and experiences of organizers who have dedicated their lives to fighting for multiracial democracy. They give me hope in these dark times. Advanced copies arrived today.

If you teach the History of the Book, or Information Technologies, or the long history of Text and materiality, this might be the coursebook for you—Treharne and Willan—now with StanfordUP’s 40% off. Bargain!

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The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping With Dr. Joseph Torigian, Associate Professor School of International Service at American University in Washington Wednesday, December 10, ...

Very excited about another Midwest book talk this month: next week on December 10, I'll present The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, at Indiana University

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Don’t count on a reset in US-Iran relations, writes Dalia Dassa Kaye Even after taking a pummelling, not all of Iran’s leaders want a deal with the Great Satan

Even after taking a pummelling, not all of Iran’s leaders want a deal with the Great Satan

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We're having a cyber week sale! Take advantage of 40% off of all in-stock print and ebooks sitewide* starting today, 12/1, through Monday, 12/8.

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