July 16 and 17 marked the 75th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv Roundup. Levi Laub, activist and translator of our upcoming title, The Vél d’Hiv Raid by Maurice Rajsfus, was… Read more Interview by KPFA’s Mitch Jeserich about The Vél d’Hiv Raid →
Anderson Ranch Arts Center will host a panel discussion about art and censorship across cultural contexts August 10 from 7-9 pm with author Glenn Harcourt, Eleanor Heartney, Francis M. Naumann… Read more The Artist, The Censor and The Nude with Pamela Joseph, Glenn Harcourt, Eleanor Heartney & Francis Naumann →
Read The Times of Israel’s article about Adolfo Kaminsky, by writer Anne Joseph. “Even though he did things illegally, it was within his parameters of a fierce moral structure,” says… Read more Kaminsky interviewed by The Times of Israel writer Anne Joseph →
Adolfo Kaminsky, A Forger’s Life Best-selling author Sarah Kaminsky tells the story of her father, an unsung hero of the Paris Resistance in Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger’s Life. The book… Read more Kaminsky Book Tour Continues →
Panelists, including editors Thurman Grant and Joshua G. Stein, architectural historian Steven Treffers, and architect Barbara Bestor discuss the many aspects of dingbat architecture and ways in which the apartment building type – synonymous with LA’s rapid post-war urban expansion – might be re-envisioned for the 21st century. Cohosted by the Society of Architectural Historians Southern California Chapter.
Escape Home has received a Book Award Honorable Mention at the International Skiing History Association’s 22nd Annual Skiing History Week, held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado – April 8-12, 2015. Though… Read more Honorable Mention to Escape Home at ISHA Book Award →
March 8, 2014. Design scholar Christopher Long lectures on Paul T. Frankl, his extraordinary life and his contributions to the formation of American Modernism, with stunning visual examples of Frankl’s furniture and interior design work.
The Exile Library at the Literaturhaus in Vienna welcomed DoppelHouse Press authors Charles Paterson and Carrie Paterson on June 4 to give a book presentation. Thanks to Ursula Seeber for organizing this heartwarming event, which was also a chance for many friends and relatives of the Patersons to meet each other. We are grateful Philipp Heinz caught these moments on camera for all of us.