How one opera company represents the economic precarity and aesthetic possibilities of operatic performance in the twenty-first century U.S.
Guiding non-native speakers of English through the international bestseller’s four-step negotiation method
Essays inspiring readers to take an innovative approach to writing
Celebrating the voices, current and past, that surface in lyric poetry
How a millennia idealizing political greatness has affected Russia
An in-depth look at why autonomy movements fail or succeed
Examines how the need to appear decisive becomes the paramount consideration for politicians in crisis situations
Experiments reveal people can work together to prevent climate change
Burial material from excavations at Cerro Azul in Peru’s Cañete Valley, a pre-Inca fishing community.
One game’s influence on the rise of e-sports and video game strategy
A study of Philippine literary production that attempts to break the nation’s isolation from broader Spanish literature
An exploration of the experience of “health” in the age of the smart watch
How citizens casting an invalid vote still contribute to democracy
An ethnography that illuminates the political economy of urbanization in contemporary China
Examines the roles of industrialization and tertiary education in Korea’s nonlinear path to democracy
How a nation at the center of the Arctic region fits into security studies
Examining the contemporary rise in China’s political, economic, and military power through the opinions of its citizens
The first book-length guide to academic recommendation letters, supported by real-world examples
First English literary translation of Abdilatif Abadalla’s influential Voice of Agony
An exploration of the instrument that allows everyone to access artistic practice
Reimagining the Wandering Jew legend and the curse of immortality in centuries of Jewish and Christian art
Explores how Geoffrey Chaucer’s blunders in the classic Canterbury Tales make it far from a perfect masterpiece
Recovers the life and art of Bradford Ropes, author of 42nd Street and chronicler of gay lives in early show business