Key Activities and Accomplishments FY 18-19
The Press published 43 books and 4 journal issues in FY19.
Notable titles include -
Contested Image: Defining Philadelphia for the Twenty-First Century, by Laura M. Holzman
Insubordinate Spaces: Improvisation and Accompaniment for Social Justice, by Barbara Tomlinson and George Lipsitz
The Memoirs of Wendell W. Young III: A Life in Philadelphia Labor and Politics, by Wendell W. Young III
Archaeology at the Site of the Museum of the American Revolution: A Tale of Two Taverns and the Growth of Philadelphia, by Rebecca Yamin
The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions Edition, by Ray Didinger with Robert S. Lyons
French Gastronomy and the Magic of Americanism, by Rick Fantasia
The Evangelical Crackup? The Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition, Edited by Paul A. Djupe and Ryan L. Claassen
Not from Here, Not from There/No Soy de Aquí ni de Allá: The Autobiography of Nelson A. Díaz, by Nelson A. Díaz
Push Back, Move Forward: The National Council of Women's Organizations and Coalition Advocacy, by Laura R. Woliver
- We started 4 new series: Dis/Color, Judicial Politics, Political Lessons From American Cities, and Studies in Transgression
- Press books won 7 awards in FY19, including an American Book Award for The Man-Not and a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award for Healing Our Divided Society.
- Press books were reviewed, featured, or excerpted, or authors interviewed in, among others, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Ed, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR , Newsweek ,The Atlantic, Ms. Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, WHYY, five local television stations, Basketball Times, Foreword Reviews, The Progressive, Foreign Affairs, as well as numerous scholarly journals.
- We’re excited to have hired two excellent new staff: Ashley Petrucci as Editorial Assistant/Rights and Contracts Coordinator, and Sarah Munroe as Acquisitions Editor.
- Twenty-three more titles in the NEH Humanities Open Book Program were released on the Press website. There are three more to come.
- We were chosen as one of 10 publishers to participate in a pilot program using the Manifold digital platform. Manifold titles can be enriched with links to texts, research materials, resources, and archives, as well as audio, video, and multimedia. When the pilot ends we will continue using Manifold as a platform for all Press open access books (e.g., Knowledge Unlatched, NEH) and all North Broad Press books.
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