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University press that is part of New York University
New York University Press
(or
NYU Press
) is a
university press
that is part of
New York University
.
History
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NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU,
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
.
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Directors
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- Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916?1932
- No director, 1932?1946
- Jean B. Barr (interim director), 1946?1952
- Filmore Hyde, 1952?1957
- Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957?1958
- William B. Harvey, 1958?1966
- Christopher Kentera, 1966?1974
- Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974?1981
- Colin Jones, 1981?1996
- Niko Pfund, 1996?2000
- Steve Maikowski, 2001?2014
- Ellen Chodosh, 2014?present
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Notable publications
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Once best known for publishing
The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman
, NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such as
Convergence Culture
(2007) by
Henry Jenkins
,
The Rabbi's Wife
(2006) by
Shuly Schwartz
, and
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust
(2002).
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Other well-known names published by the press include
Cary Nelson
,
Jonathon Hafetz
,
Samuel R. Delany
, and
Mark Denbeaux
.
See also
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References
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External links
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