Books & Publishing

Scott McLemee reviews Jamie Kreiner’s The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction.

Scott McLemee reviews Denise Gigante’s Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America.

The reasons why higher ed costs so much to produce also explain why historical esteem for higher education has shifted to resentment, write Bruce A. Kimball and Sarah M. Iler.

Some laud the agreement. Others say it falls short. If nothing else, the deal offers an example of how a collection of colleges is navigating a tense academic publishing ecosystem.

Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.

Scott McLemee reviews Leslie Kern’s Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies.

Scott McLemee reviews Gregory Berns’s The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent―and Reinvent―Our Identities.

Authors discuss their book about “the student loan crisis among Black borrowers.”