Fall & Winter Wonderland: Trade Titles Coming From the University Presses
In January, I posted “Spring Fling 2013: Pairings and Threesomes from University Presses,” in which upcoming trade titles from the academic presses arranged themselves (as I sat helplessly at my desk) into various categories. Now, after the next round of seasonal meetings with many academic presses, I have a new assortment to present. These are trade titles geared to the interested serious non-specialist reader. The books have again congregated according to their own whim.
Here is the first of two sets of groupings, presented alphabetically by category. The second set will appear next week. The information I provide is based on the publishers’ catalog entries.
P.S. Rumor has it that university presses are considering abandoning the whole business of seasons in their publishing calendars. Do you think that would be a good thing?
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The Stray Bullet A compelling account of William S. Burroughs’s experiences in Mexico City from 1949 to 1952 and their influence on his personal and literary life
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Celebrating Bird The critically acclaimed study of jazz giant Charlie Parker—the revised and definitive edition of an American classic
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The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald Brings to light F. Scott Fitzgerald’s boyhood St. Paul diary
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The Land of Dreams Winner of the Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime novel of the year—the first novel in the internationally best-selling Minnesota Trilogy
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Harriman vs. Hill The two most powerful men in the nation’s dominant industry battle for control of the Northern Pacific Railway, forever changing the landscape of American business
