EMPIRE STATE EDITIONS
New York, New York *(the city so nice they named it twice)
Empire State Editions appeals to a diverse audience from local New Yorkers to those interested in our vibrant city from anywhere in the world.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the groun'
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
Books in the Empire State Editions highlight the beauty, culture, diversity, and history of New York and the never-ending thirst for information about this global metropolis such as:
Boss of Black Brooklyn
America's Last Great Newspaper War
Eunice Hunton Carter
The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico
Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan's Upper West Side
NEW THIS SPRING
Explore Gilded Age New York through the lens of Alice Austen, who captured the social rituals of New York’s leisured class and the bustling streets of the modern city. Celebrated as a queer artist, she was this and much more
"The first major biography of Alice Austen to appear in nearly fifty years. Yochelson offers a new and compelling appraisal of this significant woman photographer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, integrating Austen’s intimate woman-centered life with her evolving photography."
—Kathy Peiss, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor Emerita of American History at the University of Pennsylvania
"An engaging, lively, and insightful look at the life and work of photographer Alice Austen, a pioneering figure in women’s and lesbian history whose story has not been well-told until now. Yochelson carefully and thoughtfully assesses Austen’s life as a moving and revealing lens on the place of women in the United States and New York in a period of dramatic change."
—Stephen Vider, author of The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity After World War II
Discover New York’s poignant memorials through powerful photographs capturing everything from fleeting tributes to enduring monuments
"Death is an unavoidable reality, that we all will inevitably face. Though our way of honoring one’s passing may differ according to our culture, race, creed or religion, the pain of losing someone can be devastating and life-changing. Larry Racioppo's poignant photographs and words give life to those who are no longer physically present."
—Jamel Shabazz, Photographer
"Larry Racioppo’s photographs take you to the heart of the commemorative impulse — its diverse expressions and the passion behind them. The commission of official memorials should start here."
—Harriet F. Senie, author of Monumental Controversies: Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and Our Quest for National Identity
Praise for Empire State Editions
“In presenting lively...case studies of what he regards as the most important unbuilt lines, Mr. Raskin encourages his readers to think about the adaptable nature of the city.”—Wall Street Journal
"Pamela Hanlon in her new book about the UN and New York City's evolving relationship. . . gives the sweeping developments surrounding the UN a particular locality and tells the story of postwar internationalism in a readable, human way."
—The Nation
“. . . Thanks to Campo's unbiased writing, this is a great book of what the city used to be.”
—Ink New York
"Minutely detailed. . . a 'case study' of the promises and drawbacks of pluralism.”—The New York Times Book Review
“In 'Walking New York', essayist Stephen Miller takes a look at the city's literary perambulators, examining the writing of Stephen Crane, Alfred Kazin and Teju Cole, among others, and offering an evolving portrait of New York through the centuries. 'Each Writer' Mr. Miller says in the book's preface, 'wanders a different city'.”
—The New York Observer
In the News
Flesh & Spirit, Winner of the 45th Annual American Book Awards
We are excited to announce that Flesh and Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord by Felipe Luciano is a winner of the Forty-Fifth Annual American Book Awards given by The Before Columbus Foundation. “Felipe Luicano’s writing is a powerful and poetic soul scream from a man who is not supposed …
Raj Tawney’s “Colorful Palate” wins Bronze Medal at the 2024 Living Now Book Awards
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Author Spotlight Q&A: Jennifer Baum Explores the Upper West Side’s Legacy in ‘Just City’
Praised by Nicholas Dagen Bloom at Hunter College as “a readable autobiographical account, integrating personal memoir and housing policy analysis,” Just City: Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right is coming in April from Fordham University Press. Here, author Jennifer Baum talks about the …
Top Halloween Reads that Capture the Spirit of October
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Joyce Studies Annual Welcomes New Co-editors
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A “Little Lost World”: Walking Greenwich Village with H. P. Lovecraft
By David J. Goodwin, author of “Midnight Rambles: H.P Lovecraft in Gotham“ The influential horror writer H. P. Lovecraft explored Manhattan’s Greenwich Village on the eve of his thirty-fourth birthday in August 1924. His account captures his relationship with New York City and reveals both the enchanting and repulsive elements …