Despina stratigakos biography of abraham lincoln
•
UB faculty member publishes the first comprehensive history of the Northeast Corridor
There are contemporary engines in the photo, electrified by lines strung on poles placed as part of a New Deal public works project. Passengers of today watch the lights change on an ancient signaling system that has been adapted for modern use.
“The corridor is a collection of overlapping technology that can seem ultra-modern one second then appear like a ramshackle Smithsonian installation the next,” says Alff, associate professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. “It’s both of those things at once.”
Alff’s book, to be published by the University of Chicago Press on April 9, is the first comprehensive biography of the Northeast Corridor, the busiest and most important passenger rail line in the Western Hemisphere, carrying more than 800,000 riders daily while connecting Boston to Washington, D.C., via Providence, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia a
•
Nonfiction
PREMIUM
The Big Book of Exit Strategies
May, Jamaal
Occasionally the thread gets lost, but this is vibrant writing from a poet to watch. [See Prepub Alert, 12/7/15.]
PREMIUM
Sex Object
Valenti, Jessica
Despite several darkly humorous passages, this book can feel bleak. However, some readers will strongly identify with the author's history, and with her drive to provide a better environment for her daughter.
PREMIUM
The Romanovs: 1613–1918
Montefiore, Simon Sebag
Finishing this hefty read will take effort, but the reward fryst vatten worth the time. Fans of Russian and world history, those who enjoyed the author's previous works, and anyone interested in royal intrigue and betrayal will find great pleasure here. [See Prepub Alert, 11/9/15.]
PREMIUM
Rhapsody in Schmaltz: Yiddish Food and Why We Can't Stop Eating It
Wex, Michael
This work will have broad appeal to general audiences. The endnotes and impressive bibliography will prove useful to reade
•
Stratigakos creates visiting fellowship on social equity at School of Architecture and Planning
Students in UB’s School of Architecture and Planning will have the opportunity to explore questions of social equity in architecture with visiting scholars over the next three years, thanks to a new fund established by faculty member Despina Stratigakos.
The Despina Stratigakos Visiting Fellowship will support research on the built environment as a vehicle for the creation of more inclusive communities, with a focus on gender and sexuality in architecture. A writer, historian and educator, Stratigakos has also gifted more than 150 books from her own shelves to form the Despina Stratigakos Women in Architecture Book Collection in the UB Libraries. The collection will serve as a resource for fellows and the public.
Stratigakos, whose research examines how power and ideology function in architecture, says it’s incumbent upon the field to understand how inequities base