From Jack-in-the-pulpit to Featherfoil: An appreciation of wildflower names May 13, 2020 Although every plant species known to science has an official scientific name, it is their common names that most people use when speaking of local wildflowers. Read More
Escape from quarantine May 12, 2020 Like many professional intellectuals, books were my original escape. I was a strange child with abrasive manners, and real life was lonely and chaotic. I read ceaselessly, anything I could get my hands on. Read More
Making motherhood work in the age of COVID-19 May 08, 2020 This Mother’s Day weekend, Christie Henry, Director of Princeton University Press talks with Caitlyn Collins about ‘Making Motherhood Work’ in the age of COVID‑19. Read More
Coloring pages for birding enthusiasts May 08, 2020 Therapeutic coloring is loaded with health benefits for its practitioners, including sharper focus, stress relief, and even improved sleep. At a time of uncertainty and high anxiety, we hope these free downloadable coloring pages are as good for your inner birder as they are for your brain. Read More
J. David Velleman on On Being Me May 06, 2020 We’ve all had to puzzle over such profound matters as birth, death, regret, free will, agency, and love. How might philosophy help us think through these vital concerns? Read More
Listen in: Lives of Houses May 05, 2020 What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and often long-dead? Read More
Cicero, friendship, and social distancing May 04, 2020 The best friend of the Roman politician Marcus Cicero was Titus Pomponius, also known as Atticus since he spent many years living in Athens to escape the political chaos and partisan bickering of republican Rome. Read More
Resilience and reflection: Books for a new season May 01, 2020 Optimism, friendship, mindfulness, perspective (both geological and otherwise), nature, a sense of purpose—there are as many ways to expand our capacities for resilience as there are books to explore. Read More
How to drink (at home) April 30, 2020 Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498–1539) thought so. Read More
By Design | Oddly Modern Fairy Tales April 24, 2020 Fairy tales exert a keen influence on the collective imagination. By turns entertaining and frightening, didactic and illuminating, they are the stuff of dreams, but also of reality. Read More
When ‘Take Your Child to Work Day’ is every day April 23, 2020 Take your child to work day has been a festive time at PUP in recent years, with a free popup kids bookstore and ‘open office hours’ with our director Christie Henry, who provides the kids of PUP with a generous supply of publishing advice and donuts. Read More
Justin Farrell on Billionaire Wilderness April 21, 2020 Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today’s richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Read More
The case for hierarchy April 20, 2020 Imagine a country with no social hierarchies: let’s call it Equality. People in Equality treat each others as equals regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, religion, family background, class, or position in the workplace. Read More
Reading Callimachus through comics April 17, 2020 Comics and illustration—siblings or cousins, related in so many ways—are deeply hybrid art forms. Read More
Coronavirus got your class? Tips for surviving the transition to online learning April 15, 2020 Has your college just switched from classroom-based to online instruction? Do you feel like you have just been pushed off a cliff? Read More