Books

UChicago scholar wins National Book Critics Circle Award

As praise mounts,‘Deadpan’ author Asst. Prof. Tina Post hopes to push interpretations of Black expression

UChicago scholar receives ASAP Best Book Prize for 'Deadpan'

Asst. Prof. Tina Post explores expressionlessness, aesthetics and emotional withholding in Black culture

A world of poetry

Professor in English and lit department, editor of book series for UChicago Press talks about writing, which poems have attached themselves to him

An archaeologist talks trash

Author, UChicago Asst. Prof. Sarah Newman reframes history of waste in her new book

‘The classics are everywhere; most of us are likely just not looking for them’

Professor talks about how he helps make the classics relevant to students and what he’s writing and reading this summer

Five questions for author Linda Seidel about van Gogh and summer reading

Art historian and professor explores the artist’s fascinating time in Arles, France, in her new book

Eight books written by prominent UChicago alumni

A look at authors who wrote books that have inspired, intrigued and still resonate today

What makes a book a book?

UChicago’s curator of rare books challenges visitors to decide in new choose-your-own-path exhibition