A bounty of fabulous and fascinating new books are coming out this fall, and we'll be noting various featured pre-order promotions over the next few weeks in this newsletter!

Mary Roach—"America’s funniest science writer" (Washington Post) and author of the best sellers Stiff and Packing for Mars—is back with an investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. Pre-order now to receive a signed copy of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, specially bound by the publisher and publishing on September 14th. Supplies are limited. (And the first few orders through this special link will get a special bonus patch!)

We're also pleased to announce our October virtual event with Mary Roach, marking the publication of Fuzz and a re-issue of her breakout best seller, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Tickets are on sale now.

"Hilarious! With Fuzz, Mary Roach again takes us into an unfamiliar scientific realm, in this case the science of managing the conflicts between humans and the natural world―lethal leopards, rampaging elephants, jet-downing birds, even killer trees. It’s an ever-widening conflict zone, but one that Ms. Roach gleefully mines for a multitude of bizarre facts that’ll make you snort coffee through your nose." ―Erik Larson

Our Event Series

Browse the lineup of our upcoming virtual events; we are regularly posting new announcements! You can also view our video archive of past events.

Tuesday, September 7, 7PM ET

Anne-Marie Slaughter—CEO of renowned think tank New America and author of Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family—discusses Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics. Joining in conversation is Fatema Sumar, Vice President of Compact Operations at the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation and author of the forthcoming memoir, The Development Diplomat: Working Across Borders, Boardrooms, and Bureaucracies to End Poverty. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Wednesday, September 8, 5PM ET

Atlantic staff writer Adam Harris discusses The State Must Provide: Why America's Colleges Have Always Been Unequal—and How to Set Them Right. Joining in conversation is Natasha Warikoo, professor of Sociology at Tufts University and the award-winning author of The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Wednesday, September 8, 7PM ET

Lloyd Schwartz—acclaimed poet, scholar, and longtime classical music critic for NPR’s Fresh Air—discusses his latest poetry collection, Who's on First?: New and Selected Poems. He will be introduced by fellow poet Gail Mazur, author of They Can’t Take That Away from Me and Land's End: New and Selected Poems. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Thursday, September 9, 12PM ET

Award-winning writer Elly Fishman discusses Refugee High: Coming of Age in America. Joining in conversation is Jacqueline Bhabha, Director of Research at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and author of Can We Solve the Migration Crisis?. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Thursday, September 9, 7PM ET

Marlowe Granados—co-host of The Mean Reds podcast and author of The Baffler advice column "Design for Living"—discusses her debut novel, Happy Hour, a story of two young women searching for a summer adventure in New York City. Joining in conversation is Stephanie LaCava, author of The Superrationals and the forthcoming I Fear My Pain Interests You. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Friday, September 10, 12PM ET

Renowned political scientist Jennifer Hochschild—the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and African and African American Studies at Harvard University and co-author of Do Facts Matter?—discusses Genomic Politics: How the Revolution in Genomic Science is Shaping American Society. Joining in conversation is Evelynn Hammonds, the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Friday, September 10, 5PM ET

Acclaimed poet A.K. Blakemore discusses her debut novel, The Manningtree Witches, the story of a small English town in the grip of the seventeenth-century witch trials. Joining in conversation is Megan Nolan, author of Acts of Desperation. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Friday, September 10, 7PM ET

Acclaimed novelist Atticus Lish—author of the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning Preparation for the Next Life—discusses his latest novel, The War for Gloria, the story of a young man from the outskirts of Boston whose yearning to protect his mother requires him to risk destroying his father. Joining in conversation is award-winning journalist Duncan White, Associate Director of Studies in History & Literature at Harvard University. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

This week our Publisher Focus window features recent publications from Columbia University Press. (Browse the selections here on harvard.com.)

"The aim of a great university is to create and share knowledge. A university press is an essential part of the mission of sharing and promoting knowledge to a global audience. . . . Columbia University Press has a venerable and deep publication record in climate science, critical theory, East Asian studies, film, global politics, literature, sociology, social work, and business (by means of our Columbia Business School imprint), representing a wide range of Columbia University’s strengths while maintaining a leading reputation in these fields among scholars, general readers, public intellectuals, librarians, booksellers, reviewers, critics, and other university presses." —Columbia University Press on the "Importance of a University Press"
 

In case you missed it, check out our latest "New This Week" newsletter, and come browse our virtual New Arrivals shelves for all the very latest new books, updated every Tuesday. Our weekly store best sellers are updated on Mondays (and they are 20% off for Frequent Buyer Card members!). And on a monthly basis, members of our Signed First Edition Club receive a new book of great literary merit, selected by our staff.