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Early American Places
The American Literatures Initiative
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No University is an Island
Saving Academic Freedom

Cary Nelson

“Nelson recalls (accurately) that when he and I discussed the role of politics in the classroom at a public forum and he reported proudly on his practice of inserting the names Bush and Cheney into a poem about a past military disaster, I declared that ‘If I were Cary’s dean, I would fire him immediately.’ But upon reflection, and after having read this impassioned and worthwhile book, I am moved to reconsider.”—Stanley Fish, The New York Times’ “Opinionator” blog

Read more:
Cary Nelson Goes to War (The Chronicle of Higher Educatioin)

Inside Higher Ed Interview and an article by Cary Nelson: Playing Mozart on the Titanic

Ari Y. Kelman

Is Diss a System? A Milt Gross Comic Reader

Introduced by an historical essay, Is Diss a System? presents some of the most outstanding and hilarious examples of Jewish dialect humor drawn from the five books Gross published between 1926 and 1928.

Claire Metelits

Inside Insurgency

Inside Insurgency offers the reader a timely and intimate understanding of these movements, and explains the changing behavior of insurgent groups toward the civilians they claim to represent.


Jonathan Gray

Show Sold Seperately

"Show Sold Separately will rewrite the rules of what we look at when we want to understand how audiences make meaning of media franchises. Gray, who has long established himself in the top ranks of contemporary scholars of popular culture, writes with a theoretical sophistication which feels effortless."—Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide