Philip Leventhal
@philipleventhal.bsky.social
Editor at Columbia University Press. I acquire in Film and Media Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies. Opinions my own.
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
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Excellent piece by @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. Grateful that she references our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report on the media crises facing US democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The tug-of-war over CNN shows how dysfunctional US media has become | Margaret Sullivan
The network’s fate has become a battle of corporate ownership, not a question of what benefits Americans
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December 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Excellent piece by @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. Grateful that she references our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report on the media crises facing US democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In 2025, press freedom came under direct attack. We must not respond to this existential crisis with silence and apathy. Read @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
In 2025, press freedom came under direct attack.
We must not respond to this existential crisis with silence and apathy.
www.cjr.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In 2025, press freedom came under direct attack. We must not respond to this existential crisis with silence and apathy. Read @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
"An important exploration of how Black women artists have used self-expression to counter misperceptions about them and their legacies...." -- Soyica Diggs Colbert
Now available: THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. bit.ly/4ptNurC @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Now available: THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. bit.ly/4ptNurC @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Souths in Her | Columbia University Press
Since the Middle Passage, the intellectual and physical freedom of Black women in the United States and the Caribbean has been constrained. Yet Black women w... | CUP
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December 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"An important exploration of how Black women artists have used self-expression to counter misperceptions about them and their legacies...." -- Soyica Diggs Colbert
Now available: THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. bit.ly/4ptNurC @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Now available: THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. bit.ly/4ptNurC @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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“The art world, with all its progressive scaffolding and humanist ornamentation, practically designed to celebrate and aestheticize every rebellion, couldn’t metabolize Palestine. It still can’t.”
David Velasco @equatormag.bsky.social — www.equator.org/articles/how...
David Velasco @equatormag.bsky.social — www.equator.org/articles/how...
How Gaza Broke the Art World • EQUATOR
The former editor of Artforum, fired in the wake of 7 October, reckons with two years of division, fear and silence
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December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“The art world, with all its progressive scaffolding and humanist ornamentation, practically designed to celebrate and aestheticize every rebellion, couldn’t metabolize Palestine. It still can’t.”
David Velasco @equatormag.bsky.social — www.equator.org/articles/how...
David Velasco @equatormag.bsky.social — www.equator.org/articles/how...
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“We write from the perspective of 2025. But we also write as historians looking back at a lineage of educators and students who have resisted the incursions of technosolutionism, technocapitalism, and technofascism in higher education.”
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“We write from the perspective of 2025. But we also write as historians looking back at a lineage of educators and students who have resisted the incursions of technosolutionism, technocapitalism, and technofascism in higher education.”
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All ERIS Gems available now from @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/series/eris-...
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
All ERIS Gems available now from @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/series/eris-...
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We are pleased to announce that Ying Qian's REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS will receive the Honorable Mention for the 2025 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from the @modernlanguage.bsky.social. buff.ly/wxUxvI0
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We are pleased to announce that Ying Qian's REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS will receive the Honorable Mention for the 2025 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from the @modernlanguage.bsky.social. buff.ly/wxUxvI0
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More details to come but…
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
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🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
Writing Backwards | Columbia University Press
Winner, 2026 Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize, International Society for the Study of NarrativeFinalist, 2025 SHARP Book History Book Prize, Society ... | CUP
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More details to come but…
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
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A new report documents a hostile environment for US journalists this year, with 32 arrests and 170 assaults. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Reporting with one hand tied.
A new report documents a hostile environment for US journalists this year, with 32 arrests and 170 assaults.
www.cjr.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A new report documents a hostile environment for US journalists this year, with 32 arrests and 170 assaults. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Now available! Considering the violence routinely inflicted on Black women alongside their artistic innovations, this book reveals a transmuted South that is rich in techniques for weaving liberatory works. buff.ly/isS9Wgo @nimojo.bsky.social #BlackStudies #AfricanaStudies #BlackModernity
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Now available! Considering the violence routinely inflicted on Black women alongside their artistic innovations, this book reveals a transmuted South that is rich in techniques for weaving liberatory works. buff.ly/isS9Wgo @nimojo.bsky.social #BlackStudies #AfricanaStudies #BlackModernity
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In this episode of the Brian Lehrer Show, author Diane Ravitch discusses her new book AN EDUCATION and how she went from being an influential advocate for school choice and standardized testing to a promoter of public schools. buff.ly/YabVgIu #Education
A 'School Choice' Advocate's 180 on Testing and Charter Schools
Diane Ravitch, education historian, former research professor of education at New York University, blogger at dianeravitch.net and author of the recent book An Education: How I Changed My Mind About…
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December 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In this episode of the Brian Lehrer Show, author Diane Ravitch discusses her new book AN EDUCATION and how she went from being an influential advocate for school choice and standardized testing to a promoter of public schools. buff.ly/YabVgIu #Education
Very nice to see THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson on @tonydomestico.bsky.social's list in @commonweal.bsky.social of best books of 2025. tinyurl.com/hdd6ma3c @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Year in Books
Our critic recommends his favorite books released in 2025, including works by Joy Williams, Helen Garner, and John Haskell.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Very nice to see THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson on @tonydomestico.bsky.social's list in @commonweal.bsky.social of best books of 2025. tinyurl.com/hdd6ma3c @columbiaup.bsky.social
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In her Afterword to our new special issue, "The Language Challenge: Modernisms in Multilingual South Asia,” Rebecca Walkowitz writes about accepting the challenge of language, and rising to it.
Read it here: modernismmodernity.org/articles/wal...
Read it here: modernismmodernity.org/articles/wal...
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In her Afterword to our new special issue, "The Language Challenge: Modernisms in Multilingual South Asia,” Rebecca Walkowitz writes about accepting the challenge of language, and rising to it.
Read it here: modernismmodernity.org/articles/wal...
Read it here: modernismmodernity.org/articles/wal...
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
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For all of your gag-gifting-meets-seriously-dumb-good-bad-great holiday reading needs, here’s a friendly reminder that The Most Unwanted Novel is the Christmas on Mars novel your loved ones have never been waiting for🎄
You can get it for 20% off with the code GIFTS below through the 31st:
You can get it for 20% off with the code GIFTS below through the 31st:
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For all of your gag-gifting-meets-seriously-dumb-good-bad-great holiday reading needs, here’s a friendly reminder that The Most Unwanted Novel is the Christmas on Mars novel your loved ones have never been waiting for🎄
You can get it for 20% off with the code GIFTS below through the 31st:
You can get it for 20% off with the code GIFTS below through the 31st:
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Google's foray into news has fundamentally reshaped journalism. This book reveals a symbiotic yet adversarial relationship: Google amplified traditional media’s reach while undercutting its business model.
By Qun Wang on @columbiaup.bsky.social
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By Qun Wang on @columbiaup.bsky.social
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December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Google's foray into news has fundamentally reshaped journalism. This book reveals a symbiotic yet adversarial relationship: Google amplified traditional media’s reach while undercutting its business model.
By Qun Wang on @columbiaup.bsky.social
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By Qun Wang on @columbiaup.bsky.social
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"Just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination."
Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social
Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social
Opinion | Why Flagships Are Winning
Battered by decades of disruption, they are now more frugal and more resilient than elite privates.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination."
Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social
Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
Opinion | A Coup at Carnegie Mellon?
The university is replacing the humanities with more computers.
www.chronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
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The teeny tiniest interview in PW to close out @hubcitypress.bsky.social 30th anniversary. In the newsletter today and in this week's print issue.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The teeny tiniest interview in PW to close out @hubcitypress.bsky.social 30th anniversary. In the newsletter today and in this week's print issue.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Fiercely Independent: A Roundtable Chat With Three Indie Booksellers. Excellent discussion on how indie bookstores reflect their communities, the pros and cons of author events, and more via @aliahanna.bsky.social's substack. open.substack.com/pub/aliahabi...
Fiercely Independent: A Roundtable Chat With Three Indie Booksellers
"Bookstore events often operate at a loss" & other things I learned talking to some booksellers
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December 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fiercely Independent: A Roundtable Chat With Three Indie Booksellers. Excellent discussion on how indie bookstores reflect their communities, the pros and cons of author events, and more via @aliahanna.bsky.social's substack. open.substack.com/pub/aliahabi...
Congratulations to Jarvis McInnis on AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series (tinyurl.com/3dy2yp8y), being named one of AAIHS's Best Black History Books of 2025! bit.ly/3MjxgmT @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS
We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Congratulations to Jarvis McInnis on AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series (tinyurl.com/3dy2yp8y), being named one of AAIHS's Best Black History Books of 2025! bit.ly/3MjxgmT @columbiaup.bsky.social
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I've been dying to write this for a long time. I love crime fiction and detective fiction; it's how I prefer to relax. I reject the idea that it has to be conservative or reactionary, and Jacobin was kind enough to let me write this essay extolling why we can't surrender this terrain.
We Need More Leftist Crime Fiction
Critics of crime fiction dismiss the genre as hopelessly reactionary, but its history tells a different story. From hard-boiled American detective novels to the explosion of Scandi-noir, crime fiction...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I've been dying to write this for a long time. I love crime fiction and detective fiction; it's how I prefer to relax. I reject the idea that it has to be conservative or reactionary, and Jacobin was kind enough to let me write this essay extolling why we can't surrender this terrain.
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Carolina Abbott Galvão and @riddhisetty.bsky.social asked newsroom leaders, independent journalists, and international reporters how they see the media changing in the next 25 years. Their answers describe upheavals to come in both the business and practice of journalism. www.cjr.org/feature/visi...
Visions of 2050: Prominent media figures read the present—and predict the future.
We asked prominent media figures to read the present—and try to predict the future.
www.cjr.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Carolina Abbott Galvão and @riddhisetty.bsky.social asked newsroom leaders, independent journalists, and international reporters how they see the media changing in the next 25 years. Their answers describe upheavals to come in both the business and practice of journalism. www.cjr.org/feature/visi...
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Anya Schiffrin on the normalization of media capture, with @azmatzahra.bsky.social and Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. youtu.be/krcMZxnFtEY?...
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Anya Schiffrin on the normalization of media capture, with @azmatzahra.bsky.social and Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. youtu.be/krcMZxnFtEY?...