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Our author Ralina Joseph launches "Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI" at UCLA on Dec 2, 6-8pm. Join her conversation with fellow UCLA professors on what it means to do radical listening and navigate racial discourse.

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Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI
Ralina L. Joseph, a university professor, educator, administrator, and advocate whose work focuses on issues of equity, access, and belonging in higher education and beyond, is UCLA’s new vice…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Join @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social in celebrating Jewish Book Month! Engage with Rabbi Joanna Samuels, CEO of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, and author Tomer Persico, a Hartman research fellow, as they explore his latest work, "In God’s Image."

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Book Launch: In God's Name
In Part­ner­ship
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Learn about the history of enslaved people and abolitionists who fought racism on college campuses in our new release: "Dissenting Forces: A History of Abolition and Black Thought in Higher Learning" by Michael E. Jirik.

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Dissenting Forces
A History of Abolition and Black Thought in Higher Learning by Michael E. Jirik
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November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tomorrow is the official publication of "Landguage/Mirror Me" by Marina Blitshteyn, from our partners at Fonograph Editions.

This forthcoming tête-bêche chapbook shares the trappings of gendered and classed experiences where freedom isn't free.

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Landguage/Mirror Me
by Marina Blitshteyn
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November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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This UP week we #TeamUP with @nyupress.bsky.social to discuss food in the city!

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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I am delighted to share that my book, Printing Nueva York, is now available for pre-order from @nyupress.bsky.social. It uncovers the early history of Latinx writing and publishing in NYC. Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off: nyupress.org/978147983053...
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In honor of #UPWeek, we've partnered with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social to explore how food shapes identity across borders.

Nothing says NYC like pastrami on rye from Katz's, but did you know Montreal has its own take on the Jewish deli tradition?

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TeamUP! NYU and McGill-Queen’s Savor Food Studies in NYC and Montréal
Read McGill-Queen’s University Press’s post about Eating the Urban Wild: Food and Foraging in Montréal here.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
New from our Monthly Review Partners comes "Breaking the Bonds of Fate: Epicurus and Marx" by John Bellamy Foster.

This thought-provoking work reinterprets Epicurus and Marx for today's world, focusing on equality and sustainability.
Forthcoming: BREAKING THE BONDS OF FATE: EPICURUS AND MARX, by John Bellamy Foster
COMING VERY SOON! BREAKING THE BONDS OF FATE: EPICURUS AND MARX, by John Bellamy Foster SEE: https://monthlyreview.org/9781685901233/ Says John Bellamy Foster, in his new book 'Breaking the Bonds…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI" by Ralina Joseph is attracting early attention!

In a @Forbes.com article, Marybeth Gasman applauds Joseph's concept of "radical listening," which calls for engaging with the heart and conscience.

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How To Move Beyond Racial Exhaustion
Across campuses, nonprofits, corporations, and communities, people often feel uneasy about conversations about race.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!

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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
From beaver innovation to bowerbird aesthetics, animals are creative beings with rich inner lives.

Author Carol Gigliotti explores five ways animals showcase their creative side through this original NYU Press blog post.

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5 Ways that Animals Express Their Creativity by Carol Gigliotti, author of The Creative Lives of Animals
From the Square
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November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#TeamUP and #ReadUP in Gender and LGBTQIA Studies with @nyupress.bsky.social, @brandeispress.bsky.social, @iupress.bsky.social, plus @concordiapress.bsky.social (book cover not pictured). Discover their amazing work in the University Press Week Gallery https://bit.ly/3WpQuZI
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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New! Listen to my interview w/ Mary Frances Phillips about her book BLACK PANTHER WOMAN (@nyupress.bsky.social), how the dissertation and book dramatically differ, and the tools she uses, from tech to office supplies. I love how she thinks about play in her process. draftingthepast.com?p=2789
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We're thrilled to announce the offical release of "Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care" by Kevin Revier.

This book approaches the U.S. opioid epidemic from an abolitionist framework, exploring how it's driven mass incarceration in rural areas.

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Policing Pain
The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care by Kevin Revier
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November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This Native American Heritage Month, save 30% on Indigenous Studies titles when you use code HOLIDAY at checkout! buff.ly/ThLlWJl
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In this piece from the author of Organize or Burn: How New York Socialists Fight for Climate Survival, Fabian Holt explains how democratic socialist movements have emerged and created new opportunities for climate politics.
A New Environment for Climate Politics: An Excerpt from Organize or Burn by Fabian Holt
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When we face uncertainties and disruptions over which we have little control, gardening can offer a sense of control, routine, and efficacy to ground us, literally and figuratively. Author Yuki Kato discusses the role of gardening in post-disaster on the blog:
Can a Garden Fix It (All)? by Yuki Kato, author of Gardens of Hope - NYU Press
Gardens evoke and embody hope. In fact, we expect urban gardens to fix so many problems: enhance food access, teach the children “where their food comes from,” mitigate climate change,... READ MORE
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November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press" by Ayelet Brinn has won the 2025 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Modern Jewish History & Culture: Africa, Americas, Asia, & Oceania.

Thank you to the Association for Jewish Studies, and congratulations to all honorees!
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Jennifer Frost, the author of "Let us Vote!", helped collaborate on the University of Washington's Mapping American Social Movements Project. This exciting interactive project allows users to see where social movements were active.

Discover more about the 26th Amendment here:
Campaign for 18-year-old vote and 26th amendment 1867-1971 - Mapping American Social Movements Project
Passed and ratified in 1971, the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution required all states, territories, and the District of Columbia to allow citizens aged 18 and up to vote. This achievement came…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nuclear "tests" weren't just experiments. They were environmental disasters with devastating consequences still felt today.

In @thediplomat.com, Maxime Polleri examines how the US, France, China, and USSR exported nuclear testing to vulnerable populations.

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Nuclear Tests and Their Legacy of Harms in Asia-Pacific
Nuclear “tests” are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"It's not that they are particularly poor decision makers, but that they've found themselves casualties of profound changes in mating trends."

Anne Diebel reviews Marcia C. Inhorn's "Motherhood on Ice" in @nybooks.com, a nuanced look at women navigating an impossible landscape.
A Woman’s Burden | Anne Diebel
Freezing eggs has been marketed as a panacea for ambitious professional women supposedly hungry for more time to focus on their careers, when in reality it’s often a last resort for women negotiating…
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November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're excited to announce the release yesterday of "The Turks and the Caliphal Army," translated by Robert G. Hoyland.

This bilingual edition from @libraryarablit.bsky.social is an impassioned defense of Abbasid military policy from al-Jāḥiẓ, the “father of Arabic prose."

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The Turks and the Caliphal Army
translated by Robert G. Hoyland
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today, we're celebrating the release of "Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage" by Julie Dobrow.

This biography paints an intimate portrait of two activists whose marriage challenged the societal norms of their time.

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Love and Loss After Wounded Knee
A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage by Julie Dobrow
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November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We're thrilled to be announcing tomorrow's release of "Latino Fathers: What Shapes, Sustains, and Undermines the New Latino Fatherhood" by Fatima Suarez.

This book brings attention to the social forces shaping, sustaining, and undermining Latino men’s parenting.

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Latino Fathers
What Shapes, Sustains, and Undermines the New Latino Fatherhood by Fatima Suarez
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November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM