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Course Readings Exploring the Intersection of Identity and Place
Two new publications from Lived Places Publishing today! David Hinkley profiles #women in the human rights movement: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... and Wenn Lawson explores the intersection of #autism and #disability. livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For her recently released LPP title, Janice Airhart, interviewed members of 12 families whose child, parent, sibling, or partner was diagnosed with a SMI. Many of the stories are heartbreaking. Read her blog post here: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/prisons... #disabilitystudies #mentalhealth
Trading Bars: Prisons as De Facto Mental Institutions
The lack of sufficient mental health support often drives those with mental illness into homelessness, then prison. We need to improve this.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Today’s episode challenges conventional, deficit-focused views of alexithymia, which is often characterised as the absence of words for feelings, by reframing it as a fidelity to wholeness.

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Episode 415: Gestalt, Alexithymia, and the Language of Wholeness
Today’s episode challenges conventional, deficit-focused views of alexithymia, which is often characterised as the absence of words for feelings, by reframing it as a fidelity to wholeness.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Hi, I am Mandela 2.0. It has been more than two years since my release from prison, and I would like to take a moment to update you on my situation:" livedplacespublishing.com/blog/release...
The Incarceration Nations Network collection: livedplacespublishing.com/incarceratio... #carceralstudies
Release Is Not the End: A Letter from Mandela 2.0
Release from prison is not the end of the story; it is the beginning of another struggle. A first-hand account of post-carceral life.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ideal for readers interested in Latinx Studies, Border Studies, Migration Studies, Labor Studies, and the history of the Chicano/Mexican-American experience, this book offers profound insights into resilience, adaptation, and community empowerment. livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
How can the dual identity of “teacher” and “parent” influence the decision to homeschool in Australia? Lived Places Publishing authors Rebecca English and Gemma Troughton explore this question in our most recent #openaccess title: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... #Australia #homeschooling
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What is the potential transformative power of entrepreneurship for Arab refugee women, and what is their role in rebuilding lives and contributing to host nations? livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... Newest title in our Emergent Entrepreneurship collection: livedplacespublishing.com/emergent-
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In A Congolese Refugee’s Quest for a Purpose and Better Life: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... , Gentille Dusenge takes readers inside the often-invisible world of displacement, where childhood is spent in the confines of a Rwandan refugee camp.
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Practices: Asserting Themselves For 500 Years…and Counting: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/indigen... from Lived Places Publishing author Stephanie Sellers from Gettysburg College

#indigenousstudies #genderstudies
Indigenous Women's Reproductive Practices – Dr. Stephanie A. Sellers
A summary of the centuries-long history of Native women leaders who were, and still are, wives and mothers while running their nations.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
How do social workers navigate the unique challenges of serving rural and remote communities? Lesley Chenoweth and Daniela Stehlik offer a vaulable new Lived Places Publishing title: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... in our Social Work collection livedplacespublishing.com/social-work/ l
Social Work - Lived Places Publishing
Social Work | Collection Editor: Dr. Kate Parkinson | Concise course readings from Lived Places Publishing
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October 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Rashni Stanford and Mel Brown examine how Black communities cultivate wellness in the midst of gun violence, post-Covid grief, and chronic disenfranchisement. This new publication archives these learnings for others to replicate in their own communities: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
LIVE RIGHT NOW: Seeing Oneself Anew: How Trans Experiences of Authenticity Emerge Through Memoir and Storytelling (Topics in Queer Studies)
Seeing Oneself Anew Through Memoir and Storytelling
What does it mean to reconsider the stories one has told about oneself? How do these stories evolve? [free seminar]
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October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"This is my personal account of being in solitary confinement at the Old Maximum at Brandvlei in Western Cape, South Africa, for a transgression that I committed: possession of a USB memory device, which contained educational materials. Read on: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/my-time...
My Time in Solitary Confinement: The Truth About Kutuma at Brandvlei Old Maximum in South Africa
A personal account of 42 days in solitary confinement in an infamous section of a prison in South Africa where several people died.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
How has the cultural phenomenon of Chinese rock music shaped the identity of a Chinese woman scholar and influenced wider Chinese society? Read on from Lived Places Publishing author Lei Peng (彭蕾), PhD: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This book addresses the unique needs of Gestalt Language Processors in primary and secondary schools, where English functions as a foreign language: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... from the Education Studies collection: livedplacespublishing.com/education-st...
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Joanne Entwistle said, “Our bodies are not just the place from which we come to experience the world, but it is through our bodies that we come to be seen in the world.” lnkd.in/gwigFH_n A wonderful piece from LPP author Nica Cornell on clothing, feelings, mental health, and how we are seen.
October 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The claims that Tylenol causes autism would be laughable if they weren’t so dangerous. We’ve been here before: vaccines, baby formula, gluten, Wi-Fi, paracetamol. The script is the same. Something ordinary, something widely used, is recast as culprit: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/autism-...
Autism Was Never an Accident - Dr. Jaime Hoerricks
Autism was never an accident of Tylenol or vaccines or industrial life. It is not a side effect to be managed, nor a pathology to be cured.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
At the center of this story is a service dog, whose presence not only provides support but also disrupts hidden barriers and biases, symbolizing the visibility of disability in spaces designed for conformity rather than inclusion: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
September 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Advocating for Mentally Ill Family Members draws on personal experience and powerful interviews to shed light on the hidden struggles of families living with mental illness. Available in the LPP #Disability Studies collection livedplacespublishing.com/disability-s... led by Damian Mellifont PhD
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
LPP continues to punch above its weight in publishing #OpenAccess Here is our most recent OA title: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Drawn from the author’s lived experience, this autobiographical collection reflects on what it means to inhabit a queer body that is always becoming.
September 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yasmina Nessim guides readers through the emerging field of fashion psychology, where neuroscience meets style, and getting dressed becomes an act of empowerment: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... In the Fashion and Personal Style Studies collection livedplacespublishing.com/fashion-and-...
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ideal for courses in Women and Gender Studies, Cultural Anthropology, and Native American Studies, the title offers crucial insights into the intersection of traditional practices and colonial impacts on Indigenous women's reproductive rights: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How can the lived experience of a refugee demonstrate the transformative power of education, and how can we better support education programmes for refugees? Read more about our newest #OpenAccess title in our #ForcedMigration Studies collection: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... #Refugees
August 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Action is the antidote to despair." —Joan Baez

At 95 years old, Dolores Huerta continues to take action for human rights in the vanguard of vocal opposition.
Dolores Huerta and Women's Leadership in the Movement for Human Rights
The leadership of women in the movement for human rights today is beautifully embodied by Dolores Huerta and ¡SÍ SE PUEDE!
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August 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Defunding libraires is causing real pain. Others will step up and attempt to fill the gaps: www.edsurge.com/news/2025-07... Lived Places Publishing will gladly offer its ebooks at no cost to readers in need. Just reach out to us:https://livedplacespublishing.com/contact/
Large Public Libraries Give Young Adults Across U.S. Access to Banned Books - EdSurge News
“It’s our entire book collection,” said Amy Mikel of Brooklyn Public Library’s national e-lending program for young readers, Books UnBanned. “Half a ...
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August 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM