Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On September 19th, 2012
This week's pick is from the Managing Editor of CAKE, Livia Kent:
Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On September 6th, 2012
This week's pick, Saving a Million Species, is from our Marketing Assistant, Meghan Bartels:
Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On August 7th, 2012
This week's pick is from Assistant Editor, Erin Johnson.
Correlation, Causation, and the Bravery of Young Observational Scientists
By Rafe Sagarin / On July 26th, 2012
Andy Revkin, who writes the dot Earth blog for the New York Times posted an article on Facebook which describes an apparent link between natural gas “fracking” and low birth weights.
Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On July 18th, 2012
This week's staff pick is from Angela Osborn, Island Press' Promotions and Fulfillment Manager:
Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On June 25th, 2012
This week's pick is from Senior Editor, Heather Boyer.
From Heather:
Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On June 6th, 2012
This week is my staff pick. I'm Jason Leppig, the marketing manager at Island Press and I also edit this blog. I've been with Island Press for nearly six years and for part of that time I was pursuing a master's in natural resources from Virginia Tech. I took Dr. Brian Czech's Ecological Economics course and read Island Press' textbook on the subject.
Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin, Jason Leppig / On May 16th, 2012
This week's staff pick is from Island Press's publicity manager, Jaime Jennings.
She writes:
Introducing Island Press Staff Picks
By Admin / On May 9th, 2012
The 30 of us here at Island Press work on all stages of book publishing: from concept and manuscript development in the editorial department to outreach and promotions in the marketing and publicity department. Our program and fundraising staff develop initiatives to complement our books and authors. And the finished product can't happen without the production department designing covers and interiors, proofreading, and typesetting. All of this depends on the financial department, which tells us how much we can and can't spend.
The Toxification of Words
By Emily Monosson / On April 26th, 2012
Disclaimer: Some words may have been harmed in the process of writing this blog
As a scientist who fled from college course offerings beginning with ENG I fully regret this decision, particularly when sheepishly resorting to the synonym key, followed by a quick dash to Wikipedia for further advice on how to use words. Words matter, particularly if one decides to go public with them.
And so, it was with some chagrin that I read a recent email, taking me to task for my use of the word “toxics,” which I’ve pasted verbatim - for lack of better words: