Adapted from a story by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications, on the University homepage
Six Princeton professors talk about favorite books and share what’s on their summer reading lists — fiction, nonfiction, biography, science fiction, history, fantasy — including books by colleagues.
This summer’s mix includes some sci-fi and fantasy deep cuts, a Native botanist’s meditation on honoring nature (recommended by two professors), a mycologist’s celebration of fungi, novels set in France, Ireland, Sweden, the Swiss Alps and across Asia, a memoir from Cameroon, a book of letters by women in ancient Egypt, a cat behavior book and more.
Humanities professors featured include Laura Kalin (Linguistics), AnneMarie Luijendijk (Religion), Chika Okeke-Agulu (Art & Archaeology and African American Studies), Juri Seo (Music), and Robert Spoo (English).
Among the recommendations are books by humanities faculty and former fellows, including “America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries” by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (African American Studies); “Atlas’s Bones: The African Foundations of Europe” by D. Vance Smith (English); and “Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration” by Matthew D.C. Larsen, a former Humanities Council lecturer and postdoctoral fellow in Princeton’s Society of Fellows, and Mark Letteney *20, who is joining the religion faculty this fall.
