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Ken Wissoker

@kwissoker.bsky.social

Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish.

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Julia Rose Kraut@juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 19h ago

"The investigation in some ways called to mind Cointelpro, the intrusive counterintelligence program that the F.B.I. ran against leftist groups from the 1950s to the 1970s under the leadership of the bureau’s director, J. Edgar Hoover." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 21h ago

predictably excellent from hollingshead, every word "Against the forces of antiintellectual fascists+AI tech lords, self-flagellating academics+immediacy fetishists alike, we need to champion the difficulties+pleasures of humanities scholarship with our whole chests." defector.com/humanists-ha...

Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector

For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...

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Candis Callison@candiscall.bsky.social · 17h ago

A must read, deeply researched, powerful investigation by @tahtone.bsky.social for @grist.org that clearly defines what the problem of pretendianism is and how it impacts climate and environmental movements and challenges. grist.org/indigenous/t...

The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.

How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.

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Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast@civicspod.bsky.social · 3d ago

Joining me this week is author Amy Nathan where we explore the inspiring story of Sarah Keys Evans, a civil rights hero who fought against segregation in transportation. Learn how her legacy sheds light on the long struggle for racial equality in America and why her story isn't better known.

Joining me this week is author Amy Nathan where we explore the inspiring story of Sarah Keys Evans,
Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2d ago

New book 'Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign' brings dozens of writers and scholars together to examine the sonic, cultural and political afterlives of David Bowie and Prince. zurl.co/l8n4z

New Book 'Blackstar Rising And The Purple Reign' Reconsiders Bowie And Prince - That Eric Alper

David Bowie and Prince changed pop music by refusing to stay inside the boundaries handed to them. A new book brings dozens of writers, artists and scholars together to examine what happened when those boundaries around race, gender, sexuality, performance and sound started to move. ‘Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign: The Sonic Afterlives of […]

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Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tina Chen’s "Alien Forms and Minor Genres" is an innovative exploration of how academia cultivates, manages, and rewards academic labor, revealing the backstage labor of institutional scholarship and imagining potential alternatives for intellectual inquiry. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/LNonVmw

Cover of Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America edited by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu and Mimi Thi Nguyen. Cover features an illustration of a person in a red top pushing a shopping cart on the right and cabbages on the bottom left. The cover has a bright yellow background with two strips of lime green and red toward the bottom. The title is in red font, with the subtitle in black below. The editor's names are in white in the red strip.
Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 3d ago

We are very sorry to learn of the death of Gregor McLennan, editor of Stuart Hall's "Selected Writings on Marxism." Our thoughts go out to his family, colleagues, and students. buff.ly/UzjgSRQ

Gregor McLennan, 21.10.1952 – 29.6.2026 - Stuart Hall Foundation

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Gregor McLennan, our colleague, friend and one of the founding trustees of the Stuart Hall Foundation. Greg was a social and political…

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malorie@malorienilson.com · 4d ago

Picking this up today. The subject is a pet interest of mine (and I think many of the writers I follow/am friends with are in the same boat) and the intro hooked me. Looking forward to reading it in full.

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 4d ago

In "Content Machines," @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social considers how short-form, platform-based, and social media writing on digital mediums like Wattpad and TikTok has reshaped the modern reading and writing landscape. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/Tip538L

Cover of Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era by Sarah Brouillette. The cover is white with a tablet featuring six colorful digitally drawn images of romance book covers. There are blue thumbs ups and red hearts covering the images. Beneath is written, “Reading and Writing in the Platform Era” in bold. Below this, in lighter text, a summary of Content Machines begins. The title is written vertically in the bottom right parallel to the tablet. The author’s name is directly after in a smaller serif font.
Steven Nelson@snelsonus.bsky.social · 4d ago

I wrote an essay on the moving of the 2025 Wyeth Symposium from the National Gallery and the implications of such an action. Titled “Soft Censorship,” the piece recently appeared in the journal "October." Today the NYT published this article based on the essay. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/a...

National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump (Gift Article)

A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d ago

Who could have known that taxing the extremely rich would be an easy way to fund a massive expansion of the welfare states? Who, I ask, who?

Franklin D. Roosevelt Thug Life Meme

ALT: Franklin D. Roosevelt Thug Life Meme

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Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · 4d ago

Massachusettes "Millionaires Tax", which was targeted to fund transportation and education, has been a resounding success. It has funded FREE school lunch for ALL students, FREE buses in lowest income communities (people can get to work, etc.), and FREE community college. And "exodus" was minimal.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

I will also say this. There is a real, authentic cohort of poor and working class people in higher education. They can speak to the complexities of being in and not of a class position without making broad, provocative generalizations. One day, someone should publish those people.

Leigh Claire La Berge@lclaberge.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sarah's so smart; I'm sure this is a great book and I can't wait to read it. But also: the cover! I'm going to start grading undergrad English essays using only emojis.

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 4d ago

In "Content Machines," @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social considers how short-form, platform-based, and social media writing on digital mediums like Wattpad and TikTok has reshaped the modern reading and writing landscape. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/Tip538L

Cover of Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era by Sarah Brouillette. The cover is white with a tablet featuring six colorful digitally drawn images of romance book covers. There are blue thumbs ups and red hearts covering the images. Beneath is written, “Reading and Writing in the Platform Era” in bold. Below this, in lighter text, a summary of Content Machines begins. The title is written vertically in the bottom right parallel to the tablet. The author’s name is directly after in a smaller serif font.
Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 5d ago

A simple step that should be automatic. If you use a chatbot, instruct it not to refer to itself in the first person. Immediately erodes the pseudosocial bond that is essential to their business model.