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Dear Friends,
This is a Golden Age for University Presses That is the headline of a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article by Derek Krissoff, former West Virginia University Press Director It is followed by “The focus on efficiency and innovation misses the point: We are producing fabulous books.” I couldn't agree more. University Presses publish books and authors overlooked by commercial houses but receive outstanding reviews, win notable awards, and get widely cited. We are a crucial part of the literary and scholarly ecosystem It is good to be reminded of this every so often
With that in mind, it is a pleasure to highlight the recent fabulous books published by Fordham University Press (FUP).
I'm excited to share that the Press recently launched the Cutaways series, a collection of pocket-sized books by and for cinephiles Each volume offers a journey through the history of cinema guided by a single motif or formal device The first book, The Prop by Elena Gorfinkel and John David Rhodes (back cover), traces its curious but unacknowledged role in film theory before proceeding to a series of theoretical speculations and close readings that bring the prop into focus. Acclaimed British director Joanna Hogg’s latest film, Autobiografia di una Borsetta, follows Miu Miu’s The Wander, a handbag, from its creation on the factory floor through various hands to its lonely end, all seen from its unique perspective. It powerfully embodies the same theme by spotlighting the cinematic significance of objects The film has ignited a flurry of publicity, drawing attention to itself and The Prop, with prominent features in the Financial Times and Vogue I look forward to seeing the newest releases and the attention they bring to the Press.
Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car by Nicole Gelinas (page 2) couldn't be timelier. Besides offering a gripping account of how the automobile has failed NYC and how mass transit and a revitalized streetscape are vital to its post-pandemic recovery, it ends with NYC's recent implementation of (and now in jeopardy) congestion pricing The book is a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Gotham Book Prize.
Jimmy's Faith: James Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion by Christopher Hunt (page 13) explores the complex and confounding relationship between Baldwin’s life as a writer and activist and Black religion The book was listed as one of QSpirit's Top 24 LGBTQ Christian Books of 2024 Chris Hunt recently offered a well-attended pedagogy workshop on teaching Baldwin at Fordham University, followed by an engaging book talk and public lecture.
A Ministry of Risk: Writings on Peace and Nonviolence by Philip Berrigan and edited by Brad Wolf (page 10) offers a living manifesto of nonviolent resistance and a journal of spiritual reflection by one of the 20th century's most prophetic voices. Cornel West offers this praise: "Philip Berrigan's Christian ministry and prophetic witness sparkle in this courageous and visionary book! Brad Wolf has given us a magnificent gift that keeps alive the great legacy of one of the greatest spirits of light in our dark and dim times!" We need Berrigan's thoughts now more than ever
I'm proud to announce the ongoing expansion of FUP's Digitization Project (page 20), adding twenty 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 Previously available only in print, these books were limited in reaching critical audiences requiring different formats The continued digitization effort overcomes these barriers, increasing readership and expanding the global impact of these scholarly works. By increasing our digitization efforts, we ensure that anyone can read our publications in their desired formats, preserving these works for future generations.
I can't attend an industry meeting or read an industry article without encountering artificial intelligence (AI) FUP is figuring out how best to enter this realm while respecting the wishes of our authors, balancing the fiscal responsibility of the Press, and recognizing the reality that our content could get scraped for AI whether we agree or not. It's a tangled landscape to navigate.
Our first annual appeal went out this past year The Press is working closely with Development and University Relations to build a community of supporters, and we aim to see more substantial results in the future
In an effort to increase sales, we are seeking new opportunities and have recently signed a contract with a new vendor to revamp and host our website and oversee our shopping cart for print and digital sales (page 21). This will allow us to sell books directly to our customers. We can also bundle print and digital books from our site We hope to go live in April 2025
I want to thank my staff for their ceaseless efforts to publish fabulous books and their commitment to the mission of the Press and the University. Thanks to President Tetlow, Provost Jacobs, Vice Provost Fahey-Smith, and the faculty board for supporting our work. Let's hope this golden age of university presses persists!
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“Movement tells the story of New York through the mastery of its streets. Mayor by mayor, year by year and sometimes street by street, Gelinas assembles the historical facts, the political forces, the powerful personalities and the street fights that have transformed and continue to shape America’s greatest city. ”
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March 8, 2024
In 2014, Steven Salaita was fired from a tenured position in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois for his unwavering stance on Palestinian human rights. His book is described as “An exiled professor’s journey from inside and beyond academe.” He joins us from Cairo.
Millenials are Killing Capitalism
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Resistance, Genocide and Electoralism
March 14, 2024
Steven Salaita is an educator and the author or editor of eight books. We will discuss some of Salaita's recent interventions which can be found on his website: https://stevesalaita.com/
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Navigating Career Changes in "An Honest Living"
July 23, 2024
Back in 2014, Steve Salaita was fired from his tenured position at the University Illinois His dismissal was in part due to his unwavering support of human rights in Palestine. After exiting academia, Salaita found himself working as a bus driver to pay his bills. Salaita’s new memoir An Honest Living goes beyond recounting his tumultuous period of life after academia. It offers a look inside Salaita’s journey toward freedom of thought and how he made his return to the classroom at the American University in Cairo.
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“How good it is to have her work available to her old admirers and, one hopes, new audiences She may not have been able to ask for what she needed, but we can thank her for what she has given us to satisfy needs that perhaps we didn’t even know as she did how to name “ Mary Gordon
NOTABLE REVIEWS & MENTIONS
America Magazine, March 2024
Startling Figures: Encounters with American Catholic Fiction
Michael O'Connell
American Catholic Studies, Winter 2024
American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism
Katherine Dugan and Karen E. Park, Editors
Choice Reviews, 2024
In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South Naveeda Khan
Queer Callings: Untimely Notes on Names and Desires
Mark D Jordan
Reporting World War II
G Kurt Piehler and Ingo Trauschweizer, Editors
The Drinking Curriculum: A Cultural History of Childhood and Alcohol
Elizabeth A. Marshall
The Worlding of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability
Anna Ziajka Stanton
Toy Stories: Analyzing the Child in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Vanessa Smith
Christian Century, February 2024
Queer God de Amor
Miguel H. Díaz
Critical Inquiry, August 2024
Melancholy Acts: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World
Nouri Gana
Forbes, January 2024
Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story
Boukary Sawadogo
Foreword Reviews, 2024
Mother of Stories: An Elegy
Alice Dailey
Mortimer and the Witches: A History of Nineteenth-Century
Fortune Tellers
Marie Carter
History Today, December 2024
A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR
Singing with the Mountains: The Language of God in the Afghan Highlands
William E. B. Sherman
H-Net Reviews, 2024
Defective Institutions: A Protocol for the Republic
Jacques Lezra
Reconstruction and Empire: The Legacies of Abolition and Union Victory for an Imperial Age
David Prior, Editor
The Corpse in the Kitchen: Enclosure, Extraction, and the Afterlives of the Black Hawk War
Adam John Waterman
The Work of Repair: Capacity after Colonialism in the Timber Plantations of South Africa
Thomas Cousins
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Spring 2024
What Is Extinction? A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals
Joshua Schuster
Library Journal, 2024
Casablanca's Conscience
Robert Weldon Whalen
Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton’s Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries
Davida Siwisa James
Mutuality in El Barrio: Stories of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service
Carey Kasten and Brenna Moore
Los Angeles Review of Books, 9/25/24
Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Americas
Renee Hudson
Modern Theology, 2024
The World and God Are Not-Two: A Hindu–Christian Conversation
Monatshefte, 2024
The Philology of Life: Walter Benjamin's Critical Program
Kevin McLaughlin
Mondoweiss, 7/13/24
An Honest Living: A Memoir of Peculiar Itineraries
Steven Salaita
The New York Times, 3/30/24
God, Justice, Love, Beauty: Four Little Dialogues
Jean-Luc Nancy, Translated by Sarah Clift
QSpirit, 2/9/24
QSPIRIT TOP 24 LGBTQ CHRISTIAN BOOKS OF 2024
Jimmy's Faith: James Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion
Christopher W Hunt
Reading Religion, 5/31/24
Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolution in America
A G Roeber
The Gay & Lesbian Review, May/June 2024
Disorderly Men
Edward Cahill
The Journal of Popular Culture, 2024
The Drinking Curriculum: A Cultural History of Childhood and Alcohol
Elizabeth A. Marshall
The Times Literary Supplement, 7/5/24
Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham
David J. Goodwin
Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left, and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York
Jonathan Butler
Just City: Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right
Jennifer Baum
Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Américas
Christopher D. Tirres
Daniel Soars
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American Book Award
Flesh and Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord
Felipe Luciano
AHA Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize
Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy
Franco Baldasso
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Middle Eastern Studies
Melancholy Acts
Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World
Nouri Gana
Queer Callings
Untimely Notes on Names and Desires
Mark D. Jordan
The Worlding of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability
Anna Ziajka Stanton
Aldo & Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages & Literatures
Viking Mediologies: A New History of Skaldic Poetics
Kate Heslop
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies
The Italian Colony of São Paulo: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Brazil
Giulia Riccò
2024 Beat Studies Association Awards
Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness
Stevan M Weine
2024 Best Indie Books Awards, Culinary Memoir
Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey Through a Mixed American Experience
Raj Tawney
College Theology Society Book Award
People Get Ready: Ritual, Solidarity, and Lived Ecclesiology in Catholic Roxbury
Susan Bigelow Reynolds
FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Publiciation Award
Hell on Color, Sweet on Song: Jacob Wrey Mould and the Artful Beauty of Central Park
Francis R Kowsky, with Lucille Gordon
Helen Tartar First Book Subvention Prize
Aesthetic Impropriety: Property Law and Postcolonial Style
Rose Casey
Independent Publisher Book Awards | IPPY Book Awards, LGBTQ+ Fiction
Disorderly Men
Edward Cahill
FINALIST FINALIST GOTHAM BOOK GOTHAM BOOK AWARD AWARD
Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize
Remember the Hand: Manuscription in Early Medieval Iberia
Catherine Brown
2024 Living Now Book Award, Inspirational Memoir Male (BRONZE)
Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey Through a Mixed American Experience
Raj Tawney
SLSA Socio-Legal Theory and History Prize
Spectacles and Specters: A Performative Theory of Political Trials
Başak Ertür
Breaking Point: The Ironic Evolution of Psychiatry in World War II
Rebecca Schwartz Greene, Foreword by Noah Tsika
Society for Military History Distinguished Book Awards - First Book
Breaking Point: The Ironic Evolution of Psychiatry in World War II
Rebecca Schwartz Greene, Foreword by Noah Tsika
Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship
What Is Extinction? A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals
Joshua Schuster
Victorian Society in America Book Award
Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award - American Military History
Hell on Color, Sweet on Song: Jacob Wrey Mould and the Artful Beauty of Central Park
Francis R Kowsky, with Lucille Gordon
Shortlisted / Honorable Mentions
African Studies Association Best Book Prize
Moroccan Other-Archives: History and Citizenship after State Violence
Brahim El Guabli
Allan Lloyd Smith Prize for Best Monograph
Gothic Things: Dark Enchantment and Anthropocene Anxiety
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
American Academy of Religion Award for Religion and the Arts
Holy Envy: Writing in the Jewish Christian Borderzone
Maeera Y Shreiber
MELA Book Awards
Moroccan Other-Archives: History and Citizenship after State Violence
Brahim El Guabli
Congrats to Julia Bouwsma, author of MIDDEN, on her $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets!
Modernist Studies Association First Book Prize
Topothesia: Planning, Colonialism, and Places in Excess
Ameeth Vijay
Publishing Triangle Awards: The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction
Queer Callings: Untimely Notes on Names and Desires
Mark D Jordan
The Hart–SLSA Book Prize
Spectacles and Specters: A Performative Theory of Political Trials
Başak Ertür
The VCU-Cabell First Novelist Award
Disorderly Men
Edward Cahill
Panel on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Judith Butler’s Giving an Account of Oneself Modern Language Association
https://differencesjournal.org/writing/queer-narrative-lines
Telling the Bees: Dominic Pettman in Conversation with Elvia Wilk The New School
Top Left: Fred Nachbaur (FUP), Kate O’Brien-Nicholson (FUP), John Garza (FUP) at Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY. Top Right (1): FUP author, Stephanie Azzarone. Top Right (2): FUP author and professor, Edward Cahill. Top Right (3): FUP authors, Jennifer Baum and Alice Sparberg Alexiou. Top Right (4): FUP author, Ron Goldberg.
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Giulia Riccò accepting the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies at Modern Language Association (MLA)
FUP Author, Elizabeth Marshall at PAMLA.
FUP Author, Hilary Green at OAH.
FUP Author, Danielle Taschereau Mamers at Northern Contemporary Gallery.
Urban Affairs Association (UAA), New York, NY
1/21/24: Spoonbill and Sugartown Books | Brooklyn, NY
Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons
2/3/24: 2024 Marian Forum | Dayton, OH
American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism
3/21/14: Montefiore Book Club @ The Bronx Country Historical Society
South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City
4/8/24: The Seminary Co-op | Chicago, IL
Melancholy Acts: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World
4/9/24: Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: Women, Memory, and Public Space
5/20/24: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola| New York, NY
Mutuality in El Barrio: Stories of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service
6/26/24: Fordham Lincoln Center | New York, NY
University Press Mixer, Networking Program
11/4/24: Oxford Interfaith Forum | Oxford, UK
Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications
In Defense of Sex: Nonbinary Embodiment and Desire
11/11/24: Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
On the Colors of Vowels: Thinking through Synesthesia
Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey Through a Mixed American Experience
11/19/24: Fordham Lincoln Center | New York, NY
New York Unbound: Chronicles of Change and Resilience, an ESE Program
11/6/24: Bureau of General Services, Queer Division (BGSQD) | New York, NY
11/13/24: English Reads Program @ Queensborough Community College | Queens, NY
UP MIXER UP MIXER
Great conversations and Great conversations and camaraderie at FUP’s camaraderie at FUP’s Spring Mixer with Spring Mixer with colleagues from colleagues from Cambridge, Columbia, Cambridge, Columbia, Oxford, Princeton, Oxford, Princeton, Rutgers, and NYU Press! Rutgers, and NYU Press!
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The Evolution of The Evolution of Twenty-First Century Twenty-First Century Library Acquisitions Library Acquisitions
NEW YORK UNBOUND NEW YORK UNBOUND Chronicles of Change and Chronicles of Change and Resilience, an ESE Program Resilience, an ESE Program
*Panel Discussion on Book Publishing
Michelle Chase, History, Pace University
Erica Johnson, English, Pace University
Richard Morrison, Editorial Director, Fordham University
Eric Nelson, Vice President and Editorial Director, Broadside
Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI) Book Talk! John Garza (FUP), joins representatives from University of Notre Dame Press and Orbis Books for an insightful discussion on book publishing in theology and religious studies
LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences - The Second Book Institute public workshop series supports faculty book projects. Editors from UPs, including Tom Lay (FUP; front row, second from right), Priya Nelson (Princeton UP), & Alsa Plant (LSU Press) have provided valuable feedback!
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In 2024, FUP continued to expand its commitment to OA through initiatives like TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) and Knowledge Unlatched. In an interview with Volt, an online magazine dedicated to higher education marketing and communications professionals, Kate O’Brien-Nicholson (FUP), joined other university press colleagues in emphasizing the need for innovative approaches to maintain the sustainability and accessibility of scholarly publishing. She noted, “Expanding open access requires diversifying revenue streams and leveraging a mix of funding sources to ensure financial stability.”
FUP is proud to announce the ongoing expansion of its Digitization Project, adding twenty 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. See the full list here: https://www.fordhampress.com/new-ebooks/
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Looking Ahead
E-Commerce & Stronger Global Sales
FUP is moving its website from Supadu to Glassboxx to boost online sales and streamline operations. The new platform integrates print and e-book purchases, supports longer pre-order windows, offers robust analytics, and enables flexible promotions (such as free e-book bundles with print). It also unifies multiple systems into one, reducing administrative complexity. These improvements are expected to enhance the customer experience, increase global reach, and drive revenue growth
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Fordham University Press is an internationally recognized publisher in philosophy, theology, literary criticism, anthropology, and history While continuing our history of rich cultural exchange with the European academy, we continue to expand into new markets, particularly China, Korea, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As demand for audiobook editions rises, we continue to experiment with models for audio publication and licensing.
Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything by Salvatore Basile (Tantor Media)
Mortimer and the Witches: A History of NineteenthCentury Fortune Tellers by Marie Carter (Tantor Media)
Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car by Nicole Gelinas (HighBridge Audio)
Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey Through a Mixed American Experience by Raj Tawney (HighBridge Audio)
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Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything by Salvatore Basile (Beijing World Publishing Corporation)
The Supermarket of the Visible: Toward a General Economy of Images by Peter Szendy (VI Horae/East China Normal University Press Ltd.)
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Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair by Bonnie Honig (Boomuitgevers)
ITALIAN LANGUAGE RIGHTS
Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy by Franco Baldasso (Marsilio Editori)
New Audiobooks
Left: FUP Author, Marie Carter recording the audiobook of Mortimer and the Witches for Tantor Media
KOREAN LANGUAGE RIGHTS
Radical Hospitality: From Thought to Action by Richard Kearney and Melissa Fitzpatrick (Galmuri Publisher)
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE RIGHTS
The Moralist International: Russia in the Global Culture Wars by Kristina Stoeckl and Dmitry Uzlaner [Biedrība “Brīvā Universitāte” (The Free University)]
SPANISH LANGUAGE RIGHTS
The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Psychoanalysis, Photography, Deconstruction by Elissa Marder (Sociedad Editorial Grapho Limitada)
The Philology of Life: Walter Benjamin's Critical Program by Kevin McLaughlin (Sociedad Editorial Grapho Limitada)
I N T E R N A T I
O N A L
Mare Nostrum Group is retiring the Combined Academic Publishers (CAP) brand, consolidating university press marketing under MNG – University Presses A new MNG bookstore, launching in early 2025, will replace the CAP site, with social media and event branding also transitioning Fordham UP titles will be featured on a dedicated landing page.
International sales for FY24 totaled $54,186, down from $79,191 in FY23, due to delays in the IPG/Marston-to-Wiley transition, which disrupted stock availability and fulfillment. Despite these setbacks, European sales remained stable, and Asia and the Middle East saw growth through new vendor relationships. Targeted conferences, subject-focused newsletters, eBook campaigns, and bookseller catalog spotlights helped sustain visibility, countering distribution challenges and slower sales through Amazon and other online retailers. With Wiley now fully operational, sales are expected to rebound in FY25.
During FY24, FUP's international sales distributed by Ingram in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean delivered encouraging results. In Canada, gross sales increased by 135% and net sales grew by 485%, driven by lower return rates and steady retail demand. Sales in Latin America and the Caribbean remain low, driven by limited market penetration, challenging economic conditions, and an underdeveloped distribution network.
L O O K I N G A H E A D
As Fordham University Press enters the new year with a strong international presence, steady revenues, and expanding partnerships, potential shifts in trade policy, library funding, and academic collaboration under the new U.S. administration could impact global sales. FUP will remain flexible and closely monitor these changes to navigate the evolving market.
T E R N A T I O N A L
2024 SUBVENTIONS
UC Davis
University of Colorado
Historic Richmond Town
University of Alberta
University of Houston
Williams College
Princeton University
UC Berkeley
Demacopoulos, George
Fordham Inst. on Religion, Law & Lawyer's Work
Centre Nationale du Livre
UC Riverside
University of Southern California
Ingram: $364,906
*Net income less commission fees
CAP: $54,186
DeGruyter: $140,991
Misc. Income: $106,067
*Inhouse sales, partnerships, and journal sales
JSTOR: $68,381
MUSE: $67,069
Open Road: $11,187
ProQuest: $50,295
FSO: $32,572
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275 copies
Colorful Palate sold to Queensborough Community College for the Fall 2024 English Reads program
215 copies
An Ordinary White sold to author for upcoming book tour.
200 copies
Teach Me to Be Generous sold to Regis High School
$160,530
AUPresses UP Week
#StepUP:
Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act
UP Week Gallery
Featured Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car by Nicole Gelinas in the UP Week Gallery
UP Week Blog Tour
Stepping Up to Promote Literacy in New York City: 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
NetGalley UP Week Promotion
A digital galley of Join the Conspiracy by Jonathan Butler was featured in the NetGalley newsletter, reaching 40,422 U.S. members.
FUP Site-Wide Sale
The FUP website featured a site-wide sale with 25% off and free shipping, promoted through email campaigns and social media.
UP Week Events
Nicole Gelinas, author of Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car, spoke at P&T Knitwear, NYC. The event was recorded by C-SPAN.
Indie Pubs Promo & Best of UPs of 2024
Featured select titles in an Indie Pubs promotion and a Best of UP eFlyer, reaching 30K+ retail accounts
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Fordham University Press, established in 1907, is the seventh oldest university press in the country and the nation’s oldest Catholic university press Publishing seventy books annually, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, it has an outstanding reputation for producing award-winning studies in the fields of anthropology, classics, communications, cultural studies, gender studies, history, literary studies, philosophy, poetry, political theory, race and ethnicity, religion, sociology, theology, and urban studies with a particular emphasis on creatively interdisciplinary work
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Fordham University Press not only represents and uphold the values and traditions of the University itself but also furthers those values and traditions through the dissemination of scholarly research and ideas. The Press publishes boundary-breaking print and digital books that bring recognition to itself, the University, and authors while balancing the need to publish in new formats and work collaboratively on and off campus Its regional imprints, Empire State Editions and New York ReLit, and location in New York City’s Lincoln Center neighborhood reinforce the university’s motto, New York is My Campus, Fordham is My School.
