Just in Time for the World Cup, a New Book Recounts the 92-Year History of Soccer’s Biggest Event
The first World Cup, held in 1930, featured only 18 matches. Soccer teams from just…
Books
In New Book, Jane McGonigal Shares How to See and Shape the Future
For bestselling author Jane McGonigal, FCLC ’99, the future may be unknowable, but it’s not…
Biography of Trailblazing Fordham Law Grad Eunice Hunton Carter Earns PROSE Award
Once overlooked, Eunice Hunton Carter has been getting her due in recent years, not only…
Hot Off the Press: Peter Quinn’s Noir-Tinged Historical Mysteries
New York Times columnist Dan Barry once quipped that if he had written Peter Quinn’s…
Of Women and Salt: An Excerpt from the Debut Novel by Gabriela Garcia
After lunch came the novels: Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, even William Shakespeare; The Count of…
Hot Off the Press: Teaching While Black, Race in Flannery O’Connor, and Notable Upper West Siders
A selection of recent titles from Fordham University Press Teaching While Black: A New Voice…
Hot Off the Press: Pope Francis, American Promise, and Lady Liberty
A selection of recent titles from Fordham University Press Pope Francis: In Your Eyes I…
Nonfiction Books in Brief
Slavery’s Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation edited by Dionne Ford, FCLC ’91, and…
Jack Curry Gets to ‘Full Count’ with Yankees Legend David Cone
Jack Curry, FCRH ’86, arrived at Fordham as an undergraduate hoping to play college baseball.…
Invisible Chronicles the Life of Eunice Carter, a Pioneering Black Woman Prosecutor
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Notorious…