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Blog banner for Author Post The Myth of the Xenophobic Voter. Alexander Kustov. It features the cover to In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular.

Alexander Kustov argues that the belief that voters are inherently xenophobic oversimplifies public opinion on immigration.

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The Myth of the Xenophobic Voter

Alexander Kustov

first appeared on Columbia University Press Blog.

Author Post. Four Things I Found in an Adult Filmmaker’s Storage Unit (#4 Left Me Shook). Rob King. Includes the cover image to Man of Taste: The Erotic Cinema of Radley Metzger. Rob King

Rob King reveals how he became the custodian of his own modest “Radley Metzger Collection” while researching Man of Taste.

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Four Things I Found in an Adult Filmmaker’s Storage Unit

(#4 Left Me Shook)

Rob King

first appeared on Columbia University Press Blog.

Blog graphic for Q&A: John Timothy Wixted on The Poetry of Yuan Haowen. It includes the cover of the book The Poetry of Yuan Haowen: Introduced, Interpreted, Explicated by John Timothy Wixted and the logo for the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, distributed by Columbia University Press.

John Timothy Wixted explores the themes of loss and cultural legacy in Yuan Haowen's (1190–1257) poetry—one of the greatest poets in Chinese literary history.

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John Timothy Wixted on The Poetry of Yuan Haowen

first appeared on Columbia University Press Blog.

Graphic for Author Post: Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine’s Misdiagnosis of the Potential of Ward’s Island by Philip T. Yanos. It includes the book cover of Exiles in New York City: Warehousing the Marginalized on Ward's Island.

Philip T.Yanos details the misinterpretation of Ward's Island's potential, advocating for housing solutions over increased hospitalization for mental health.

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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine’s Misdiagnosis of the Potential of Ward’s Island

Philip T. Yanos

first appeared on Columbia University Press Blog.

Promotional graphic for Author/Translator Post: Carlo Acevedo and Kelsi Vanada on Writing and Translating Day’s Fortune/Fortuna del día. It includes the book cover and the Sundial House logo

Kelsi Vanada and Carlo Acevedo offer insight into the writing and translation process and the value this bilingual edition brings to U.S. Spanish speakers.

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Carlo Acevedo and Kelsi Vanada on Writing and Translating Day’s Fortune/Fortuna del día

first appeared on Columbia University Press Blog.