New York Unbound: Chronicles of Change and Resilience

Continuing the dialogue sparked by University Press Week (November 11-15, 2024), join us for this event featuring authors from Fordham University Press’s Empire State Editions imprint. This panel will explore significant moments in New York City’s rich history and its ongoing transformation through the voices of these engaging authors.

Moderator:
David J. Goodwin, Assistant Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, and author of Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham (November 2023) and Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street (October 2017)

Speakers:
Jonathan Butler, author of Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left, and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York (September 2024)

Alice Sparberg Alexiou, author of Devil’s Mile: The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery (July 2024)

Nicole Gelinas, author of Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car (November 2024)

Jennifer Baum, author of Just City: Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right (April 2024)