A Monthly Update from Penguin Classics: On Arthur Miller

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   Greetings and welcome to the publisher’s office for a brief visit into the world of Penguin Classics where our editorial team shares some insight into our daily lives through classics. Meet us over socials where we post our newest titles and highlights from our 2,000+ title

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Amanda Peters’ The Berry Pickers

July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. The mystery of her disappearance will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, cast a shadow of trauma over the community, and demonstrate the persistence of love across time in

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Alicia Elliott’s A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

The Mohawk phrase for depression can be roughly translated to “a mind spread out on the ground.” In this visceral memoir, Alicia Elliott explores how apt a description that is for the ongoing effects of personal, intergenerational, and colonial traumas she and so many Native people have experienced. Elliott’s deeply personal writing details a life

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Titles for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

We are sharing books for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which takes place on November 25th. Violence against women is an international issue that affects women interpersonally and within their own communities. The United Nations outlines the different situations in which violence against women can occur. This collection provides personal stories

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Julian Aguon’s No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies

Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon’s No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a collection of essays on resistance, resilience, and collective power in the age of climate disaster; and a call for justice—for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples.   IN GUAM, even the dead are dying. As I write this, the US

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Ed Conway’s Material World

Material World is a celebration of the humans and human networks, the miraculous processes and little-known companies, that combine to turn  raw materials into things of wonder. This is the story of human civilization from an entirely new perspective: from the ground up.   1 Homo Faber This story begins with a bang. An explosion

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Books from the Stanford University d.school – Educator Guides Now Available

At Stanford University’s world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka “the d.school,” teachers and learners of all ages bring together their diverse perspectives and backgrounds to tackle ambitious projects. Whether your students are interested in making an impact in the social sector or the business world, the d.school’s approach to design helps uncover hidden possibilities and bring

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NOW AVAILABLE An Educator’s Guide to Arthur Miller: Exploring Plays as Authors, Activists, and Artists

In the history of postwar American art and politics, Arthur Miller casts a long shadow as a playwright of stunning range and power whose works held up a mirror to America and its shifting values. His characters wrestle with power conflicts, personal and social responsibility, and the repercussions of past actions. Bringing new life to

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Rockford University students use Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Tristes Tropiques in Introduction to International Studies

By: Dr. Ron Lee, Associate Professor, Political Science; Chair, Department of Political Science, Sociology, and Criminal Justice; Director, First Year Seminar Program at Rockford University   In an age defined by its great enthusiasm for diversity, a serious concern with the differences between us requires that we advance our understanding of those differences beyond a

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Titles for Transgender Awareness Week

For Transgender Awareness Week, which takes place November 13th – November 19th we are sharing books by and about transgender people. Their stories and experiences give insight on the joy they feel in living as their true selves and the discrimination they face. Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th is an observance that honors

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