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New Books in Language
Don Kulick, “A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea” (Algonquin Books, 2019)
Don Kulick
A Death in the Rainforest
How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea
Algonquin Books, 2019

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network October 7, 2019 Alex Golub

Called “perhaps the finest and most profound account of ethnographic fieldwork and discovery that has ever entered the anthropological literature” by the Wall Street Journal, A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea (Algonquin Books, 2019) is... Read More
Malcolm Keating, “Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy” (Bloomsbury, 2019)
Malcolm Keating
Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy
An Introduction to Mukula's “Fundamentals of the Communicative Function”
Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in South Asian StudiesNew Books Network September 20, 2019 Alexus McLeod

Philosophy of Language was a central concern in classical Indian Philosophy.  Philosophers in the tradition discussed testimony, pragmatics, and the religious implications of language, among other topics.  In his new book, Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Mukula’s ‘Fundamentals of the Communicative Function’ (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019),... Read More
Tammy R. Vigil, “Moms in Chief: The Rhetoric of Republican Motherhood and the Spouses of Presidential Nominees, 1992-2016” (UP of Kansas, 2019)
Tammy R. Vigil
Moms in Chief
The Rhetoric of Republican Motherhood and the Spouses of Presidential Nominees, 1992-2016
University Press of Kansas, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 12, 2019 Lilly Goren

Tammy Vigil’s new book, Moms in Chief: The Rhetoric of Republican Motherhood and the Spouses of Presidential Nominees, 1992-2016 (University Press of Kansas, 2019), examines the contemporary “first spouses” on the campaign trail, at the nominating conventions, and pays particular attention to how these women (and one man, the 2016... Read More
Jonathan G. Kline, “Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in 2 Minutes a Day” (Hendrickson, 2017)
Jonathan G. Kline
Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in 2 Minutes a Day

Hendrickson, 2017

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network August 13, 2019 Crawford Gribben

The last few years have seen a proliferation of helps for those of us who struggle to consolidate and develop our knowledge of ancient languages. But here is one of the most helpful of these new resources. Jonathan G. Kline, who is academic editor at Hendrickson, and the author of... Read More
Anne A. Cheng, “Ornamentalism” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Anne A. Cheng
Ornamentalism

Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Asian American StudiesNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network June 21, 2019 Lee Pierce

On this episode, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)–Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric and Communication at the State University of New York at Geneseo–Dr. Anne Cheng (she/hers)–Professor of English and Director of the Program in American Studies at Princeton University–to discuss an almost revolutionary work of theory and critique: Ornamentalism (Oxford University Press,... Read More
Sharon Kirsch, “Gertrude Stein and the Reinvention of Rhetoric” (U Alabama Press, 2014)
Sharon Kirsch
Gertrude Stein and the Reinvention of Rhetoric

University of Alabama Press, 2014

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in BiographyNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network June 17, 2019 Lee Pierce

On this episode, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)–Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric at SUNY Geneseo–interviews Dr. Sharon Kirsch (she/hers)–Associate Prof. of English and rhetorical studies in the New College at Arizona State University–on the scintillating and beautifully written Gertrude Stein and the Reinvention of Rhetoric from University of Alabama Press (2014). This... Read More
Derek Gaunt, “Ego, Authority, Failure: Using Emotional Intelligence Like a Hostage Negotiator to Succeed as a Leader” (New Degree Press, 2019)
Derek Gaunt
Ego, Authority, Failure
Using Emotional Intelligence Like a Hostage Negotiator to Succeed as a Leader
New Degree Press, 2019

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network June 13, 2019 Lee Pierce

On this episode, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)–Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric in the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at Geneseo—is joined by co-host and recent Geneseo Graduate Haley Wigsten to interview Derek Gaunt (he/his)expert trainer and coach at the Black Swan Group–on his thrilling new book... Read More