ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Books Content / ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Books Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Lecturer Spotlights Overshadowed Women; New Biography Highlights Sanora Babb /arts/blog/uc-davis-lecturer-spotlights-overshadowed-women-new-biography-highlights-sanora-babb <div><figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-right"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/IrisJamahlDunkle-SanoraBabb-RidingLikeTheWind-LS-UCDavis-5.JPG" width="512" height="640" alt="Black-and-white photo of woman, wearing pearls or beads and dark dress or top" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption><em><strong>Born in 1907, Sanora Babb was a writer and editor.</strong></em></figcaption></figure></div> November 15, 2024 - 10:48am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/uc-davis-lecturer-spotlights-overshadowed-women-new-biography-highlights-sanora-babb Musical Update, Including Awards /blog/uc-davis-books/musical-update-including-awards <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/carol-a-hess-aaron-copland-latin-america-combo-605.jpg" width="605" height="450" alt="Carol A. Hess headshot, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ faculty, and &quot;Aaron Copland in Latin America&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><strong><em><span>Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics</span></em></strong></li> <li><span>By <strong>Carol A.</strong></span></li></ul> April 21, 2023 - 12:06pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/musical-update-including-awards BOOK TALK: Alyssa Ney and ‘The Wave Function’ /blog/book-talk-alyssa-ney-and-the-wave-functionuc-davis-books/d <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/world-wave-function-alyssa-ney-combo-505.jpg" width="505" height="373" alt="Book cover and author headshot" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><em><strong>The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics</strong></em><strong><span><em> </em></span></strong><span><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-world-in-the-wave-function-9780190097714?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">(Oxford University Press, Apri</a></span></li></ul> January 27, 2023 - 10:00pm Dave Jones /blog/book-talk-alyssa-ney-and-the-wave-functionuc-davis-books/d Lecturer’s Book Launch and Reading /blog/uc-davis-books/lecturers-book-launch-and-reading <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/to-the-north-leon-salvatierra-combo.jpg" width="605" height="464" alt="&quot;To the North&quot; book cover and author León Salvatierra headshot, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ faculty" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><em><strong><span>To the North/Al norte </span></strong></em><a href="http://unpress.nevada.edu/9781647790615/"><span>(University of Nevada Press,<strong><span> </span></strong>bilingual edition, English and Spanish, Nov.</span></a></li></ul> January 27, 2023 - 8:00am Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/lecturers-book-launch-and-reading BOOK TALK: Religious Studies’ Naomi Janowitz on ‘Acts of Interpretation’ /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talk-religious-studies-naomi-janowitz-on-acts-of-interpretation <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/naomi-janowitz-acts-of-interpretation-cover-300-442.jpg" width="605" height="442" alt="Naomi Janowitz headshot, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ faculty, and &quot;Acts of Interpretation&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> January 09, 2023 - 12:29am Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talk-religious-studies-naomi-janowitz-on-acts-of-interpretation ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Magazine Shares Alumni Books of 2022 /news/blog/uc-davis-books-uc-davis-magazine-shares-alumni-books-2022 <div> <div> <p>Alumni authors covered a myriad of topics with new books in 2022, from true crime to political analyses, demonstrating Aggies<span>’</span> wide-ranging expertise.</p></div></div> December 19, 2022 - 11:38am Dave Jones /news/blog/uc-davis-books-uc-davis-magazine-shares-alumni-books-2022 M.A. Alumnus, Post-Coast Guard, Wins ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’ Maurice Writing Prize /blog/uc-davis-books/ma-alumnus-post-coast-guard-wins-uc-davis-maurice-writing-prize Creative Writing alum Kirk Colvin wins Maurice Prize for his book. In the Books Blog. November 22, 2022 - 12:59pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/ma-alumnus-post-coast-guard-wins-uc-davis-maurice-writing-prize BOOK TALKS: ‘Tahrir’s Youth,’ ‘Digging the Past’ and ‘High Desert’ /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talks-tahrirs-youth-digging-the-past-and-high-desert <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/rusha-latif-tahirs-youth-book-cover-605-438.jpg" width="605" height="438" alt="Rusha Latif headshot, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ, and &quot;Tahir's Youth&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><span><em><span><strong>Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution</strong> </span></em>(<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1649030207/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_Q799Y392BW2ZS25FBB92_0">American University of Cairo Press, June 2022</a>)</span></li></ul> November 01, 2022 - 1:26pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talks-tahrirs-youth-digging-the-past-and-high-desert From L&S: Ancestry, Survival, Post-Soviet Culture and Enabling Hitler /blog/uc-davis-books/ls-ancestry-survival-post-soviet-culture-and-enabling-hitler <p>A selection of 2022 books from faculty of the College of Letters and Science:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> October 25, 2022 - 1:43pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/ls-ancestry-survival-post-soviet-culture-and-enabling-hitler BOOK TALKS: ‘Listening to Sicarios’ and ‘Tahrir’s Youth’ /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talks-listening-to-sicarios-and-tahrirs-youth <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/robert-mckee-irwin-listening-to-sicarios-605.jpg" width="605" height="453" alt="Robert McKee Irwin, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ faculty, headshot; and book cover, &quot;Listening to Sicarios&quot;" typeof="Image"> </div> <div> <ul> <li><strong><em><span>Listening to Sicarios: Narcoviolence in Cuidad Juárez, 2008-2012 </span></em></strong><span>(</span><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94118-5"><span>Palgrave Macmilla</span></a></li></ul></div> October 25, 2022 - 7:19am Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talks-listening-to-sicarios-and-tahrirs-youth