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 FALL
ONE OF QUEER FORTY'S BEST PRIDE READS FOR SUMMER 2023!
Three gay men in pre-Stonewall New York City find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village bar.
"In New York City half a dozen years before Stonewall, gay men knew who they loved but not yet who they were. Cahill brings their world to life in a big-hearted novel of existential suspense. A closeted banker fences with a blackmailer, an English professor searches for a brutalized lover, and a grocery store manager loses his job and his family, and the reader turns the pages faster and faster to find out not just whether these men make it but also how gays became people of integrity at a time when shame was so deeply nested in laws, institutions, and their own psyches. Cahill paints on a grand canvas the internal, individual revolutions that came before the historic one."—Caleb Crain, author of Overthrow and Necessary Errors
"What a wonderous world Cahill has created full of pathos and driven by memorable characters and a divinely complex plot. Beyond the historical realities of post-war America, the novel—in extravagant and seductive prose—explores the interior lives of gay men eager for pleasure and desperate to push beyond their own perpetual suffering. Disorderly Men is an absolute triumph."—Amber Dermont, author of The Starboard Sea
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
Sam Roberts from The New York Times on Pam Hanlon's new book, A Worldly Affair
Sam Roberts from The New York Times discusses Pamela Hanlon’s new book, A Worldly Affair: New York, the United Nations, and the Story Behind Their Unlikely Bond, published by Fordham University Press: “When the World Called for a Capital”, by Sam Roberts, The New York Times September 14, 2017 “In the late 18th century, …
The Future of Art & Artists in Jersey City
With input from Fordham Press author David J. Goodwin, Jersey Digs discusses the future of art and artists in Jersey City. “David Goodwin, an urbanist and writer, recently contributed an article to Strong Towns about the scary state of the arts in Jersey City, sparked by an open letter from Jersey City artists and arts …
PW Review: Left Bank of the Hudson
Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street David J. Goodwin. Fordham Univ, $24.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8232-7803-9 Publishers Weekly | June 19, 2017 A former tobacco-company warehouse turned artist colony in Jersey City, N.J., serves as a microcosm of American urban development in the …
MURDER, INC. AND THE MORAL LIFE
“….history is not merely something to be read…and it does not merely refer to the past…On the contrary, history is literally present in all we do…”—James Baldwin History can be and often is a sobering reflection of the past, but also an equally important and welcomed window into the present …
Dorothy Day: Woman and Mother
The story of Dorothy Day is a familiar one to Catholics. Dorothy Day is one of the most well-known Catholic Icons in America. Her work with the poor remains a model and standard for charity work, and in 2000 she was given the title Servant of God by the Catholic …
University Press Week 2016: Celebrate Community!
Before the Fires—A True Community Product By Professor Mark Naison The response of people in the Bronx and neighboring communities to Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930’s to the 1960’s (Fordham University Press) has been one of the most gratifying …