Philip Leventhal
@philipleventhal.bsky.social
Editor at Columbia University Press. I acquire in Film and Media Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies. Opinions my own.
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Very excited to announce my first book 🪄 Film Diplomacy 📽️ is forthcoming with @columbiaup.bsky.social.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Very excited to announce my first book 🪄 Film Diplomacy 📽️ is forthcoming with @columbiaup.bsky.social.
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
I got angry and sad enough about the destruction of the Washington Post in general and its superb book coverage in particular to write this praisesong in remembrance of the Sunday supplement "Book World," a longtime fixture of American book criticism.
lithub.com/in-praise-of...
lithub.com/in-praise-of...
In Praise of One of America’s All-Time Great Book Sections (RIP)
Here is what it felt like to work in publishing, particularly as an editor, from the mid-1970s until the advent of the internet. You lived, for the most part happily, under a daily avalanche of pri…
lithub.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I got angry and sad enough about the destruction of the Washington Post in general and its superb book coverage in particular to write this praisesong in remembrance of the Sunday supplement "Book World," a longtime fixture of American book criticism.
lithub.com/in-praise-of...
lithub.com/in-praise-of...
Q&A: The "Catastrophe" of Campus Censorship
open.substack.com/pub/collegew...
open.substack.com/pub/collegew...
Q&A: The "Catastrophe" of Campus Censorship
PEN America's new report on censorship offers a troubling picture of the attack on speech on campuses across the country.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Q&A: The "Catastrophe" of Campus Censorship
open.substack.com/pub/collegew...
open.substack.com/pub/collegew...
Congratulations to Maggie Hennefeld, whose book DEATH BY LAUGHTER has been awarded the 2025 Limina Prize for "Best International Book in Film Studies" by the Italian University Cinema Council and the editorial board of Cinéma & Cie. bit.ly/4aIHgzx @hennefem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Congratulations to Maggie Hennefeld, whose book DEATH BY LAUGHTER has been awarded the 2025 Limina Prize for "Best International Book in Film Studies" by the Italian University Cinema Council and the editorial board of Cinéma & Cie. bit.ly/4aIHgzx @hennefem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
"An insightful addition to ... recent literature on the tenuous status of journalists, particularly in an insecure modern democracy."
An excellent review of MEXICO'S RESILIENT JOURNALISTS, by Julieta Brambila, in *Journalism History.* bit.ly/4acN44o @columbiaup.bsky.social
An excellent review of MEXICO'S RESILIENT JOURNALISTS, by Julieta Brambila, in *Journalism History.* bit.ly/4acN44o @columbiaup.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
"An insightful addition to ... recent literature on the tenuous status of journalists, particularly in an insecure modern democracy."
An excellent review of MEXICO'S RESILIENT JOURNALISTS, by Julieta Brambila, in *Journalism History.* bit.ly/4acN44o @columbiaup.bsky.social
An excellent review of MEXICO'S RESILIENT JOURNALISTS, by Julieta Brambila, in *Journalism History.* bit.ly/4acN44o @columbiaup.bsky.social
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Afterlives of the Plantation: An Interview with Jarvis C. McInnis www.aaihs.org/afterlives-o...
Afterlives of the Plantation: An Interview with Jarvis C. McInnis - AAIHS
In today's post, Dr. Robert Greene II, Former AAIHS President and Associate Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews Dr. Jarvis C. McInnis about his book, Afterlives of the Plantation: P...
www.aaihs.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Afterlives of the Plantation: An Interview with Jarvis C. McInnis www.aaihs.org/afterlives-o...
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
MJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 F. Hilary Conroy First Book Prize has been awarded to Anri Yasuda (University of Virginia) for "Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890–1930" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM
MJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 F. Hilary Conroy First Book Prize has been awarded to Anri Yasuda (University of Virginia) for "Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890–1930" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Super honored that "Death by Laughter" has been awarded the 2025 Limina Prize for "Best International Book in Film Studies"!!! Thanks be to the Italian University Cinema Council & editorial board of Cinéma & Cie. 🎞️❤️ @columbiaup.bsky.social
www.consultacinema.org/2026/02/09/p...
www.consultacinema.org/2026/02/09/p...
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Super honored that "Death by Laughter" has been awarded the 2025 Limina Prize for "Best International Book in Film Studies"!!! Thanks be to the Italian University Cinema Council & editorial board of Cinéma & Cie. 🎞️❤️ @columbiaup.bsky.social
www.consultacinema.org/2026/02/09/p...
www.consultacinema.org/2026/02/09/p...
BROOKLYN BOHEME IS BACK! Neslson George's excellent documentary on the Black arts scene in '80s and '90s in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. open.substack.com/pub/nelsonge...
BROOKLYN BOHEME IS BACK!
My documentary on the black arts scene in '80s and '90s Brooklyn is on Vimeo
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
BROOKLYN BOHEME IS BACK! Neslson George's excellent documentary on the Black arts scene in '80s and '90s in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. open.substack.com/pub/nelsonge...
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
With its reporting on ICE raids and foreign wars, Amjambo Africa aims to build a more inclusive community. Eloge Willy Kaneza speaks with Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Eloge Willy Kaneza says Maine’s immigrants ‘see themselves in us.’
With its reporting on ICE raids and foreign wars, Amjambo Africa aims to build a more inclusive community.
www.cjr.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
With its reporting on ICE raids and foreign wars, Amjambo Africa aims to build a more inclusive community. Eloge Willy Kaneza speaks with Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
cannot wait to talk about poetry + work this Saturday in the free nation of Philadelphia at Lot 49 books, with beautiful geniuses @keegancf.bsky.social and Gina Myers. Come along! Bring your friends enemies lovers comrades!
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
cannot wait to talk about poetry + work this Saturday in the free nation of Philadelphia at Lot 49 books, with beautiful geniuses @keegancf.bsky.social and Gina Myers. Come along! Bring your friends enemies lovers comrades!
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Robert Gober, Hope Hill Road, 1975
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137556
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137556
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Robert Gober, Hope Hill Road, 1975
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137556
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137556
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Books for Understanding ICE in Minnesota: a curated list of titles to aid in understanding the profound and disturbing events that have so deeply affected our communities. www.upress.umn.edu/books-for-un...
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Books for Understanding ICE in Minnesota: a curated list of titles to aid in understanding the profound and disturbing events that have so deeply affected our communities. www.upress.umn.edu/books-for-un...
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
In this Off the Page episode, host Miranda Melcher and coauthors Martin Moore and Thomas Colley discuss DICTATING REALITY. buff.ly/nj8zviK @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
In this Off the Page episode, host Miranda Melcher and coauthors Martin Moore and Thomas Colley discuss DICTATING REALITY. buff.ly/nj8zviK @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Congratulations to Ainehi Edoro, author of the just-published FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, on being named a keynote thinker for the 2026 African Literature Association conference. bit.ly/4qQSN5y @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Congratulations to Ainehi Edoro, author of the just-published FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, on being named a keynote thinker for the 2026 African Literature Association conference. bit.ly/4qQSN5y @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Now available! CULTURAL MAVERICKS takes readers inside the world of independent bookselling in China. Drawing on more than a decade of immersive research, Zheng Liu unveils how these bookstores carve out a unique identity and market position. buff.ly/G6Pr91c #IndieBookStores #China #Bookstores
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Now available! CULTURAL MAVERICKS takes readers inside the world of independent bookselling in China. Drawing on more than a decade of immersive research, Zheng Liu unveils how these bookstores carve out a unique identity and market position. buff.ly/G6Pr91c #IndieBookStores #China #Bookstores
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
For this week’s Silent Sundays I spoke with professor and programmer @hennefem.bsky.social about her work in silent film, and why the era still speaks to us today.
The Silent Era Was Way More Radical: A Conversation with Prof. Maggie Hennefeld
Silent Sundays: Interviews
oldfilmsflicker.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
For this week’s Silent Sundays I spoke with professor and programmer @hennefem.bsky.social about her work in silent film, and why the era still speaks to us today.
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
"When I go to the movies, I expect to tango with ghosts. Undead, reborn, vengeful, soulful, flickering, uncanny – beautiful ghosts..." Maggie Hennefeld introduces her favourite cinematic experiences of 2025, now in Part 4 of our World Poll.
buff.ly/zEucoDQ
buff.ly/zEucoDQ
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 AM
"When I go to the movies, I expect to tango with ghosts. Undead, reborn, vengeful, soulful, flickering, uncanny – beautiful ghosts..." Maggie Hennefeld introduces her favourite cinematic experiences of 2025, now in Part 4 of our World Poll.
buff.ly/zEucoDQ
buff.ly/zEucoDQ
"Reading Mendelson’s THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY transformed a story I thought I knew."
The *Columbia Daily Spectator* talks to Edward Mendelson abour his new book on Virginia Woolf and his approach to literature and teaching. bit.ly/49VkjJl @columbiaup.bsky.social
The *Columbia Daily Spectator* talks to Edward Mendelson abour his new book on Virginia Woolf and his approach to literature and teaching. bit.ly/49VkjJl @columbiaup.bsky.social
Edward Mendelson Thinks Institutional Loyalty is a ‘Con.’ For Him, Columbia is About Communication, Curiosity, and Connection. - Columbia Daily Spectator
Situated on the far right of Hamilton Hall’s second floor, the Core Curriculum Office’s meeting room is the kind of place that could intimidate anyone—wood-paneled walls and leather chairs stationed a...
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"Reading Mendelson’s THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY transformed a story I thought I knew."
The *Columbia Daily Spectator* talks to Edward Mendelson abour his new book on Virginia Woolf and his approach to literature and teaching. bit.ly/49VkjJl @columbiaup.bsky.social
The *Columbia Daily Spectator* talks to Edward Mendelson abour his new book on Virginia Woolf and his approach to literature and teaching. bit.ly/49VkjJl @columbiaup.bsky.social
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
very grateful to The Quietus for publishing this essay- on everyday fascism and the promise and problem of “beauty” as an inadequate but therapeutic response to the ugliness of the present - plus there are some thoughts on disco and Patricia Highsmith- this felt like a risk but I’m glad it’s out
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
very grateful to The Quietus for publishing this essay- on everyday fascism and the promise and problem of “beauty” as an inadequate but therapeutic response to the ugliness of the present - plus there are some thoughts on disco and Patricia Highsmith- this felt like a risk but I’m glad it’s out
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
The arrests of Lemon and Fort are intended to deter journalists from doing work we need them to do, and that the First Amendment was meant to protect. DOJ should drop these prosecutions or the courts should throw them out. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Knight Institute Condemns Arrest of Journalists Reporting on Minneapolis Protests
knightcolumbia.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The arrests of Lemon and Fort are intended to deter journalists from doing work we need them to do, and that the First Amendment was meant to protect. DOJ should drop these prosecutions or the courts should throw them out. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
MJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 Modern Japan History Association Book Prize has been awarded to Simon Partner (Duke University) for "Koume's World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
MJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 Modern Japan History Association Book Prize has been awarded to Simon Partner (Duke University) for "Koume's World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!
"[A] profound, deeply moving study ... full of stimulating perceptions."
The Virginia Woolf Bulletin reviews THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson.
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on the book! bit.ly/43tcDu2 @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Virginia Woolf Bulletin reviews THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson.
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on the book! bit.ly/43tcDu2 @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Inner Life of Mrs. Dalloway | Columbia University Press
Mrs. Dalloway is a novel about almost everything. The story of a single day in London after the First World War, it travels backward and forward in time and ... | CUP
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
"[A] profound, deeply moving study ... full of stimulating perceptions."
The Virginia Woolf Bulletin reviews THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson.
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on the book! bit.ly/43tcDu2 @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Virginia Woolf Bulletin reviews THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson.
Use the coupon code MLA and save 30% on the book! bit.ly/43tcDu2 @columbiaup.bsky.social
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
Courageous reporting from Minnesota and Iran. Plus: tone-deafness at the Tribune; spit hoods in Seattle. This week’s Laurels and Darts by @banikarim.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Laurels and Darts: Courageous reporting from Minnesota and Iran; tone-deafness out of Chicago;
Courageous reporting from Minnesota and Iran. Plus: tone-deafness at the Tribune; spit hoods in Seattle.
www.cjr.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Courageous reporting from Minnesota and Iran. Plus: tone-deafness at the Tribune; spit hoods in Seattle. This week’s Laurels and Darts by @banikarim.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Reposted by Philip Leventhal
It’s been a busy day for AB&IA. Not only did I release a new episode, but I also recorded an interview. The new interview: Katherine Fusco, author of Hollywood’s Others: Love & Limitation In The Star System. Watch this space for info. @columbiaup.bsky.social @fuscowrites.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM
It’s been a busy day for AB&IA. Not only did I release a new episode, but I also recorded an interview. The new interview: Katherine Fusco, author of Hollywood’s Others: Love & Limitation In The Star System. Watch this space for info. @columbiaup.bsky.social @fuscowrites.bsky.social