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How can patriotism be reclaimed from authoritarian movements? Antonia Marie Cucchiara examines the Italian American antifascist struggle to redefine loyalty, belonging, and love of country—and its lessons for democracy today.

Award-winning author Raj Tawney will publish his first essay collection, Better the Next Day: On Food, Family, and the Memories We Leave Behind, with Fordham University Press in fall 2027. Read more about the forthcoming book, Tawney’s acclaimed body of work, and what’s next.

Joyce Studies Annual invites abstracts for its special issue, “Echo-Joyce: Reading Joyce in Relation,” exploring James Joyce’s work through the lens of relation, echo, and global literary networks inspired by Édouard Glissant’s concept of the écho-monde. The issue welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives on Joyce’s connections to colonialism, archipelagic studies, translation, ecology, Caribbean thought, and beyond. Abstracts (250–300 words) are due August 31, 2026, with completed essays due January 1, 2027.

Joyce Studies Annual announces its 2025 special issue, “James Joyce; or, The Imitation Machine,” guest edited by Shinjini Chattopadhyay, publishing February 3, 2026. The journal is now accepting submissions for the 2026 issue. Call for papers deadline: March 1, 2026.

Across the centuries, writers, scholars, and storytellers have preserved and reimagined the histories of slavery and the long fight for freedom. The books below trace the lives of the enslaved and the emancipated, the fugitives and the free, the remembered and the forgotten. Together, they speak to the endurance of Black life and imagination across generations.

Today, the Gotham Book Prize, an annual award first created in the early months of the pandemic to encourage and honor writing about New York City, announced the winners of its fifth-annual prize: Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough by Ian Frazier and Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back It Streets from the Car by Nicole Gelinas. The two winners, as selected by a jury made up of leading New Yorkers and authors, will split the $50,000 prize.

A selection of chronologically sequenced entries from Larry Racioppo’s notebooks—beginning with the earliest glimmer of what would become his book, HERE DOWN ON DARK EARTH—offers a view into the project’s evolution from concept to creation. 

At Fordham University Press (FUP), we believe literacy transcends mere reading and writing—it is a gateway to lifelong learning, critical thinking, and community engagement. In celebration of University Press Week and its #StepUP theme, we’re proud to highlight how FUP is promoting literacy through initiatives and partnerships that enrich the lives of New Yorkers by connecting authors with readers.

Fordham University Press (FUP) is proud to announce the ongoing expansion of its Digitization Project, adding 20 titles spanning a wide range of academic disciplines to its digital offerings. This initiative makes these valuable works globally accessible and inclusive for visually impaired audiences, aligning with the mission of FUP and Fordham University to disseminate knowledge widely and equitably.