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Save 30% on #NewBook "Occupied Refuge" by @hannobrankamp.bsky.social, which shows how humanitarian missions often function as militarized occupations that treat camp inhabitants as new colonized subjects. buff.ly/HAgl1ii
Cover of Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya by Hanno Brankamp. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of a refugee camp with small structures that have corrugated metal roofs. In the foreground, a dirt ground stretches across the image with people walking, sitting, and standing near a vehicle. A vertical yellow line runs from top to bottom, dividing the composition. The title and subtitle appear in white text on the left side of the cover, with the author's name at the bottom right.
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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“The grammar of black
feminist futurity is a performance of a future that hasn’t yet happened but
must.”—

Dr. Tina Campt, ‘Listening to Images’
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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"Race and Caste: Hierarchy and Universality, Part 1," a special issue of the open-access journal Critical Times, is now available. View the full TOC and read the entire issue, freely available: buff.ly/HzNN07O
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February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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"Writing (About) Literature While the House Burns Down," a new special issue of Twentieth-Century Literature (71:4) is now available. View the full TOC: buff.ly/X3gmcIj

Buy this issue and use code SAVE30 at checkout for a 30% discount: buff.ly/kGjF0Pr
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February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Ocean, as Much as Rain," a translation of Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser's stories, poetry & prose by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba.
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Cover of Ocean, as Much as Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet by Tsering Woeser. The cover art is a detail from the installation "Biography of a thought" by Tenzing Rigdol, a vibrant, colorful piece with stylized waves in various shades of blue and swirling, multicolored clouds. In the center is a wooden chair on a small purple platform, positioned in front of an intricate circular pattern with floral motifs in blue and orange, framed by concentric rings of bright ornamental designs in pink, green, and yellow. The subtitle is in small blue text at the top, the title in large white text beneath the chair, and the author name beneath the title. At the bottom of the design, the words "Edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba" appear.
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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It’s publication day for Ideas on Fire author Beans Velocci! Their new book Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary is out now from @dukepress.bsky.social. 🥳

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February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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"I can do nothing but cry and write poems."
Read "Only This Useless Poem" by Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser @woeser.bsky.social, from her new book "Ocean, as Much as Rain," in @wwborders.bsky.social.
Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak - Words Without Borders
Tsering Woeser’s melancholic poem mourns the lives lost to the violence of an unfree Tibet.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Kathryn Gillespie, author of "The Sound of Feathers," speaks to Marc Bekoff in @psychologytoday.com about how "how to cultivate deeper understandings that can lead to more considerate ways of being in relation" to nature.
How Listening to the Sound of Feathers Can Awaken True Joy
Kathryn Gillespie asks us to notice the small wonders of life around us and be open to the idea that emotionally bonding with nature can renew our creativity, compassion, and joy.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Thinking a lot of this book when looking at the USA now - the dissemination of fear to justify the adoption of the very methods imaginary enemies use. The way that authoritarian systems lure us in. @dukepress.bsky.social

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February 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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We're pleased to be releasing a pile of great books this month, including “Ocean, as Much as Rain,” written by Tsering Woeser @woeser.bsky.social and edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain with Dechen Pemba. Check out all our new February titles on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Ocean, as Much as Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet by Tsering Woeser. The cover art is a detail from the installation "Biography of a thought" by Tenzing Rigdol, a vibrant, colorful piece with stylized waves in various shades of blue and swirling, multicolored clouds. In the center is a wooden chair on a small purple platform, positioned in front of an intricate circular pattern with floral motifs in blue and orange, framed by concentric rings of bright ornamental designs in pink, green, and yellow. The subtitle is in small blue text at the top, the title in large white text beneath the chair, and the author name beneath the title. At the bottom of the design, the words "Edited and translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dechen Pemba" appear.
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Check out all our great new titles coming this February, including “The Sound of Feathers” by Kathryn Gillespie, “My Father, the Messiah” by Gil Z. Hochberg, and “Atomic Bombshells” by Isabelle Held. See our blog for more: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of The Sound of Feathers: Attentive Living in a World Beyond Ourselves by Kathryn Gillespie. The cover image of multicolored iridescent feathers fills the entire design. The title is in a white serif font at the top with the subtitle in yellow below it. The author name is in a yellow sans serif font in the bottom right. Cover of My Father, the Messiah: A Memoir by Gil Z. Hochberg. It features a warm, reddish-orange overlay on a blurred photograph of a child reaching down to touch a man lying on the ground. The title is in a large white serif font across the center, with "A Memoir" in smaller black text underneath. The author's name is placed in the bottom right corner in white cursive font. Cover of Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies by Isabelle Held. The cover is a a blue and coral pink duotone of a woman wearing a leotard that depicts a mushroom cloud. She is posing with her hands up and her mouth open in joy. The blue and pink are inverted to create circles around her. The title is written vertical in a large bold yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is in white in the bottom left corner. The author's name is below in yellow.
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Take a look at all our great new books coming out this February, including "Art as Sanctuary,” written by Michael D. Harris and edited by Dianne M. Stewart and Theophus H. Smith. The full lineup is on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Art as Sanctuary: Conjuring an Africana Aesthetic by Michael D. Harris. A white cover with a light blue gradient featuring a piece of art showing Africana aesthetics. The art features the face of a woman in blue with a cowrie shell drawn on her forehead. The title is in a red serif font in the bottom left corner. Below this is the subtitle in a thinner black type. The author's name is below the subtitle in all caps in a sans serif type. In the top left corner the editors, introduction authors, and foreword writer are given in italics.
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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We have some terrific new titles coming out this February, including The Absent Stone" by Sandra Rozental, “Promises Beyond Memory" by Vikki Bell, and “Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans" by Nikita Dhawan. See the full list on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft by Sandra Rozental. The cover features a close up photograph of part of the Piedra de los Tecomates, a large stone monument. The photo shows three holes in the stone in a horizontal line as well as the letters 'EM' and 'D' carved into the stone. The title appears in a translucent bold sans serif font aligned left in the center of the cover. The author’s name appears above in yellow. The subtitle is below the 3 holes and the title in the same yellow font. Cover of Promises Beyond Memory: Archives, Art, and the Afterlives of Violence in Latin America by Vikki Bell. The upper part of the design features a faded image of two people with their eyes closed, flanking another image of a gold altar with a woman's face superimposed on it. The title is below the image in large, gold serif font, and the subtitle and author's name in smaller white text on the right side. Cover of Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans: Critical Theories of Decolonization by Nikita Dhawan. The cover is brown featuring a print of a person huddled at a desk with their arms covering their face. Owls, bats, and other creatures surround them. The side of their desk reads “El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.” The title is written in the upper left in white, with the word ‘Enlightenment’ in yellow. The subtitle is lower and to the right. The author’s name is in the bottom right.
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Check out all our great new books releasing this February, including “Sex Isn’t Real,” by @beansvelocci.bsky.social. See our blog for more: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary by Beans Velocci. The cover features a mesh grid pattern in an off white against a black background. The title is written large in a serif font in the center of the cover. Each word is a different color— ‘sex’ is a light orange; ‘isn’t’ is a grey blue; ‘real’ is a teal. The subtitle is directly below in white. The author’s name is above the title also in white.
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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We have a great slate of new books releasing this Feburary, including “Doing Nothing” by James Currie, “Clowns in the Burying Ground” by Christopher K. Coffman, and “Star Charting” by Bess Matassa. Check out the full list on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Doing Nothing by James Currie. Cover is light gray. At the top of the cover the word Practices is centered in a handwritten script. The main title is in the middle in the same script and the author's signature is at the bottom. Cover of Clowns in the Burying Ground: The Grateful Dead, Literature, and the Limits of Philosophy by Christopher K. Coffman. The background is light beige and textured, featuring faint text blocks. The title is displayed in large, colorful letters with each word in a different vibrant hue. Between the words "in" and "the," there is an illustration of a skeleton wearing a rainbow-colored Elizabethan collar, holding and reading an open book. Below the title, in smaller pink text, is the subtitle followed by the author's name. Cover of Star Charting by Bess Matassa. Cover is sky blue. At the top of the cover the word Practices is centered in a handwritten script. The main title is in the middle in the same script (a star replaces the dot in the i in "Charting") and the author's signature is at the bottom.
February 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Today on our blog, see all our great new titles coming this month, including “The Borders of America,” edited by Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Nicholas De Genova, Gustavo Dias, and Eduardo Domenech. For the full list, head to buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of The Borders of America: Migration, Control, and Resistance Across Latin America and the Caribbean edited by Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Nicholas De Genova, Gustavo Dias, and Eduardo Domenech. The cover features a red tinted photograph taken from ground level of people walking from behind with light shining through. Layered over the feet of one individual on the left is a red and yellow gradient that the title appears on in white. The subtitle is below to the left in an italicized font fading from yellow to white. The editors’ names are in the bottom right.
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Check out all our great new books coming this February! The lineup includes “Curating Deviance” by Marc Francis, “The New Politics of Online Feminism” by Akane Kanai, and “Hidden Empire of Finance" by Michael Goldman. See them all on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Curating Deviance: Programming the Queer Film Canon by Marc Francis. The cover is solid orange red with a rectangular cut out centered right that displays part of a cinema section of a newspaper. The media shows photographs of films and blurbs as well as showtimes. The title is written in a white sans serif font across the cover. The subtitle appears below aligned left in black. The author’s name is in the bottom right corner in white. Cover of The New Politics of Online Feminism by Akane Kanai. The cover is dark purple. The title text is in a modern, geometric serif typeface in gradient shades ranging from light purple to orange. The author's name is below in green, in a smaller font. Cover of Hidden Empire of Finance: How Wall Street Profits from Our Cities and Fuels Global Inequality by Michael Goldman. The cover features a concrete apartment building in disrepair. Six of the balconies have life size photos that feature people on balconies at nicer residences. The title is at an angle following the lines of the building in a pale yellow serif font. The author's name is above. The subtitle is in a sans serif font over one of the empty balconies.
February 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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POINT OF RECKONING by Theodore D. Segal (@dukepress.bsky.social) An examination of institutional racism and student activism in higher education. Essential reading for anyone invested in the future of academia.
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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From a Grammy win to the Super Bowl halftime stage, Bad Bunny is using global platforms to amplify Puerto Rican pride, resistance, and pride.

P FKN R, by Vanessa Diaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau, breaks down why this moment is bigger than music.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Today our blog introduces our terrific new books coming out this February, among which is “Occupied Refuge,” by @hannobrankamp.bsky.social. Check out the full list! buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya by Hanno Brankamp. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of a refugee camp with small structures that have corrugated metal roofs. In the foreground, a dirt ground stretches across the image with people walking, sitting, and standing near a vehicle. A vertical yellow line runs from top to bottom, dividing the composition. The title and subtitle appear in white text on the left side of the cover, with the author's name at the bottom right.
February 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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On our blog today: previews of February's new books, including “The Violence of Protection” by Lee Ann S. Wang, “Precarious Accumulation" by Nellie Chu, and “Medicines That Feed Us” by Stacey A. Langwick. Check them out! buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of The Violence of Protection: Policing, Immigration Law, and Asian American Women by Lee Ann S. Wang. The cover features a textured print of lush grass with 2 fences extending from the left and right. There is a small orange chair in front of each fence. The title is written in a bold white sans serif font. The subtitle is below in a serif font. The author’s name appears at the top of the cover in a white sans serif font. Cover of Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou by Nellie Chu. The top half of the cover is a photograph of a sewing room featuring an industrial looking space, industrial grade sewing machines, and many garments. The bottom half of the cover is a gradient from black to indigo. The title is appears here in a cream font in two different styles. The subtitle is below in a sans serif font. The author's name is below aligned left in a light blue. Cover of Medicines That Feed Us: Plants, Healing, and Sovereignty in a Toxic World by Stacey A. Langwick. Features a vibrant, detailed illustration of various plants and flowers in shades of green, yellow, orange, blue, and red. The title s prominently displayed in bold white letters on a red rectangular background. Below the title, the author’s name is printed in yellow. A smaller pink rectangle contains the subtitle.
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Check out the beautiful cover of the latest issue of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, featuring the incredible work of Amber Norman, and brought to you by @dukepress.bsky.social !
February 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Check out our great new books coming out this February, including “Gay Print Culture,” by Juan Carlos Mezo González @jcmezo.bsky.social. See them all on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America by Juan Carlos Mezo González. Cover features an image of a handsome young man with dark hair wearing a blue tank top and a beige hat with its strap around his neck. The background includes green foliage and colorful flowers. The title is in verlaid text in a large white font with the subtitle in a smaller cream font below it. The author's name is at the bottom right in yellow font. There is a faint overlay of typed text across the entire image.
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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This February, learn about the Grateful Dead, trans history, Tibetan literature, cultural patrimony and more. Check out all our new releases: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ #NewBooks
Graphic reading New Books out this month with covers of Ocean, as Much as Rain; Atomic Bombshells; The Sound of Feathers; My Father, the Messiah; Sex Isn't Real; Gay Print Culture; and The Absent Stone.
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Gay Print Culture by @jcmezo.bsky.social investigates the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and images in Mexico, the United States, and Canada from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s

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February 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM