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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 3h ago

The introduction to the vibes book is live and free on the publisher’s website! dukeupress.edu/good-vibes-o...

Good Vibes Only: Phenomenology and the Biopolitics of Algorithmic Legitimation

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Hispanic American Historical Review @hahr21.bsky.social · 3h ago

You can read more of Dr. Véliz's work in HAHR here via @dukepress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1215/0018...

“Más agresivos y más revolucionarios”: Los límites y el agotamiento de la “revolución democristiana” en América Central, 1961–1974

Abstract. El objetivo de este trabajo es comparar y entender las trayectorias, las interacciones y los límites de las estrategias políticas de los partidos de Democracia Cristiana en Guatemala, El Sal...

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Hispanic American Historical Review@hahr21.bsky.social · 3h ago

Rodrigo Véliz and Arturo Taracena Arriola discuss the history of coffee production in Guatemala. youtu.be/jtvJF6zFoE4?...

Chris Molanphy @cmolanphy.bsky.social · 3d ago

I enjoyed talking w/Lawrence Peryer for his cultural conversation podcast @thetonearm.com. We had a wide-ranging chat—from Taylor Swift to James Taylor…why I loved Bruce Hornsby & couldn't abide Bon Jovi…why Billy Idol + Pointer Sisters are great #HitParadePod topics…& why Ella Langley is still No1.

Chris Molanphy on the Hot 100, Poptimism, and Music Trends

The Hit Parade host on what better data revealed about hit songs, why country radio guards its gate, and his refusal to believe in guilty pleasures.

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · yesterday

Both GOOD VIBES ONLY and RESILIENCE & MELANCHOLY (expanded 2nd edition) are available for pre-order! I'd like to start scheduling dual book launch events for early 2027. Def want to do something in NYC and Chicago, Cincy/Dayton if I can swing it, and Boston & Philly.

The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · yesterday

History beyond Apartheid: New Approaches in South African Historiography, ed. Thula Simpson @manchesterup.bsky.social; Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures, by Gabrielle Hecht @gabriellehecht.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social;

John Brackett @livedeadbook.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s official release day - yahoo! If there is anything better than reading about the Dead, it is talking about the Dead! See you on the road in a few weeks!!! @dukepress.bsky.social

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 22h ago

Next up in On Our Nightstands, co-editor of our Music section Gustavus Stadler shares Joshua Clover’s “Roadrunner: A Song by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers” (@dukepress.bsky.social).

On Our Nightstands: July 2026 - Public Books

At “Public Books,” our editorial staff and contributors are hard at work to provide readers with thought-provoking articles. But when the workday is done, what is actually on our nightstands? Here we…

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 24h ago

"Incarceration and Race," a new curated collection of articles from @sfhs.bsky.social curated by Briony Neilson, is freely available through 11/15: buff.ly/9P98K8X

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · yesterday

If you're looking to chat with editor Elizabeth Ault at #ASA2026 in New York, check out our Meet the Editors page for details on how to request a meeting! buff.ly/8zjVjwp

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · yesterday

Jessie K. Luna's "The Upright Farmer" uses the contradictions of agricultural modernization in Burkina Faso as a case study to reframe debates around racial capitalism and African economic development. Read the intro now for free: buff.ly/5DZrjDG

Cover of The Upright Farmer: Racial Capitalism and Agricultural Modernization in Burkina Faso by Jessie K. Luna. Cover shows a photograph of several people loading sacks of cotton onto an orange truck in a rural field covered in cotton. The title is in large dark green and white block letters across the top and left. The author's name is in yellow near the bottom.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · yesterday

If you're attending #ASA2026 this week in New York, you can browse our books and journals in the Ingram Academic Booth in the exhibit hall! To set up a meeting with editor Elizabeth Ault, check out our Meet the Editors page: buff.ly/8zjVjwp #Sociology

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

From the environment to ethnography, we have new August books! "California Futures" by Daniel Lanza Rivers examines environmental speculation in California. "We See with the Skin" by Roshanak Kheshti examines Zora Neale Hurston’s articulation of Black consciousness. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Cover of California Futures by Daniel Lanza Rivers. The cover has a large silhouette of a bear and inside the bear is a colorful cosmic environment with swirling yellow, blue, green, and purple stars, planets, and nebulae. The title is in large blue and white block letters. The author's name is in smaller, pink block letters at the lower right. The background is an ombre pale peach.

Cover of We See With the Skin by Roshanak Kheshti. The cover has a minimalist black-and-white abstract drawing of a human face composed of geometric shapes, curved lines, and patterned textures. The artwork is centered on a white background. The title appears in purple text at the top, with the subtitle beneath it, slightly to the right. The author’s name is in purple at the bottom right.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Check out our new August titles in Black studies and other fields, including "Afroindigenization" by Catherine A. John and "The Problem of Passing" by Sandra Harvey. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Cover of Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice by Catherine A. John. The cover has a brown figure with a mask-like face and elongated body emerging from dense roots and vines. The artwork has textured, sketch-like lines against a light beige, flecked background. The title is in large white block letters over the roots. The author’s name is in blue at the top.

Cover of Problem of Passing by Sandra Harvey. The cover has a sandy tan background underneath black line drawings of hands and abstract patterns. A human silhouette chest-up makes up the foreground. White shading accents the figure silhouette and line drawings. The title is in capitalized white serif text over the figure's head and the author's name is in a smaller white font beneath.

JenniferJames100 @femmenoire.bsky.social · 2d ago

Use Promo Code for discount: E26JAMES

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

This August, pick up "Captive Ecologies" by @femmenoire.bsky.social, which makes a case for the ecological significance of slavery’s afterlife, along with many other great new titles. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Cover of Captive Ecologies: The Environmental Afterlives of Slavery by Jennifer C. James. The upper quarter features the title on the left against a solid blue background. The subtitle and author name are adjacent on a black background. All text is in white serif font. The rest of the cover is a photograph of a solitary figure in dark clothing walking across a glacier with distant, snowy mountains.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Still Dangerous!" edited by Tirza True Latimer and a foreword by Julia Bryan-Wilson, celebrates five decades of Harmony Hammond's writings. "Reparative Craft" by Jason Edwards honors Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's textile art. Learn more about these great figures this August. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Cover of Still Dangerous!: The Harmony Hammond Reader by Harmony Hammond, edited by Tirza True Latimer. The cover is in black and white and features a photograph of Harmony Hammond wearing a cowboy hat and smiling. The title is written in an intentionally messy paint-like red font. The subtitle is in a serif font to the right of the photo. The author’s name is at the top in serif type. The editor’s name is at the bottom in white. To the right of this is written “with a Foreword by Julia Bryan-Wilson” in the same type.

Cover of Reparative Craft: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick as a Textile Artist by Jason Edwards. The cover features a black and white photograph of someone making textile art. At the bottom there are patches of fabric in red, yellow, and dark purple. They are stitched over with overlapping loops. Larger stitches loop across the whole cover. The title is written large in white across the bottom of the photograph. The subtitle appears across the fabrics. Below this and aligned left is the author’s name.

Perry Zurn @perryzurn.bsky.social · 2d ago

I use "genealogy" to describe much of the work in *Cisgender*. While I find some origins, I am more interested in lines of descent & emergence. One goal for me was to emancipate us from the category's constraints & fill it to bursting w/ incongruent stories. sites.google.com/view/critica...

Critical Genealogies Workshop

The Critical Genealogies Workshop provides a space of collaboration and experimentation for theorists from any discipline who deploy genealogy in order to investigate problematizations of the contempo...

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John Brackett @livedeadbook.bsky.social · 2d ago

And check back for tour details soon!!

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you're in Richmond, spend this Thursday evening with "Loving Black Boys" author Tamura Lomax (@reluctantheologian.bsky.social), who will appear in person at a panel discussion at the No. 303 Club on Aug. 6. buff.ly/Y77j0aY

Coral-colored event flyer featuring a photo of a Black father embracing a young Black boy and an image of the book Loving Black Boys: A Black Feminist Bible on Race and Revolutionary Mothering by Tamura Lomax. Text announces: “Dr. Tamura Lomax presents a book and all-male panel discussion on Loving Black Boys: Surviving America as a Black Male in the 21st Century,” Thursday, August 6, from 6–9 p.m., at The No. 303 Club, formerly Common House. The flyer invites viewers to join the conversation, support the movement, and celebrate Black boys.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Jump into August with some great new releases, including "Toward Border Abolition" edited by @lawprofmorales.bsky.social and Nicholas De Genova, which radically questions the assumption that immigration control is necessary or legitimate. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Cover of Toward Border Abolition by Nicholas De Genova, Daniel I. Morales. The cover shows three silhouetted figures climbing and reaching over a tall, wired fence at dusk. A blue gradient sky fills the background. The title is in a large yelllow, orange, and white letters, taking up the upper half of the cover. The author names appear below in a smaller, dark blue font, toward the lower right.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 6d ago

For the latest On Our Nightstands, our editors @njdames.bsky.social, Benjamin R. Cohen, @megancummins.bsky.social, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, and Gustavus Stadler share what they’re reading. Recs here →

On Our Nightstands: July 2026 - Public Books

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

To end the summer, check out some August reads like "Touch of Grey, or How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars" by @livedeadbook.bsky.social, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of how one song fundamentally transformed the legacy of one of rock’s most iconic groups. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Cover of Touch of Grey, or How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars by John Brackett. The cover is black and features two edited images in yellow and pink hues. The top right image shows a band of skeletons performing. The image on the bottom left shows the Grateful Dead performing on a set. The title is in a light grey sans serif bold font filling up the cover. ‘Pop stars’ is written in pink. The author’s name is vertical in a serif font.

Latin American Review of Books @latamrob.bsky.social · 6d ago

A Chilean artist shaped by the nightmare of Pinochet subverts colonial time. Read our latest review: Alfredo Jaar: Decolonial Time and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished #art #decolonial #Pinochet #military #Chile latamrob.substack.com/p/radical-re...

Radical remembrance

A Chilean artist shaped by the nightmare of Pinochet subverts colonial time. Review: Alfredo Jaar: Decolonial Time and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished, Florencia San Martín

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Get in some late summer reading, or get a head start on your fall syllabus with our August new releases! Read all about them on the blog today. buff.ly/4hqz3v7

Graphic reading New Books out this month, featuring covers of Touch of Grey, Still Dangerous!, Reparative Craft, We See with the Skin, The Problem of Passing, Afroindigenization, and California Futures, arranged in a 3x4 grid.

Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 2d ago

#NowReading2026 AUTHENTIC BLACKNESS: THE FOLK IN THE NEW NEGRO MOVEMENT by J Martin Favor via @dukepress.bsky.social imbibed at Chooze Coffee #Nihonbashi #日本橋 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

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Reluctant Theologian @reluctantheologian.bsky.social · 4d ago

We discussed Loving Black Boys on Marc Lamont Hill’s show, “Office Hours.” It was wonderful and necessary! www.youtube.com/live/ugkCTrk... @dukepress.bsky.social @marclamonthill.bsky.social

OFFICE HOURS: Black Feminist Perspectives on Racism & Revolutionary Mothering w/ Dr. Tamura Lomax

YouTube video by Marc Lamont Hill

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW IN STOCK - Drawing on extensive archival research, Brackett examines how the Grateful Dead became a group with a devoted cult following and pop culture phenomenon. 📚️ buff.ly/TRErM1z @dukepress.bsky.social

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

The Weekly Read is "Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations" by @drgokcegunel.bsky.social, which analyzes how inventive infrastructure embodies broader imaginations of energy futures. Read it for free thanks to the De Gruyter eBound Foundation. buff.ly/QICbbIj

Cover of Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations by Gökçe Günel. The cover is a solid navy blue with a line drawing resembling a ship in white. The line drawing also features a plug. All text is written in a sans serif light blue font. The title is centered at the top of the cover and the subtitle appears below. The author’s name is in the bottom right.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 5d ago

Josh T Franco's "Marfa, Marfa" examines the minimalist frameworks and aesthetic paradigms that artist Donald Judd brought to Marfa, Texas, now a famous art-pilgrimage site, and their intersection with Marfa’s local Chicanx and Mexican American communities. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/qKNw6W4

Cover of Marfa, Marfa: Rasquachismo and Minimalism in Far West Texas by Josh T Franco. The cover has a bright yellow background. "Marfa, Marfa" is written in very large, red text. The author's name is in a black font, top center. Beneath the title is an simple illustration of a desert landscape with a concrete wall, sparse plants, and a muted gray sky, bottom center. The subtitle appears within the drawing in small, black font.

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 5d ago

Our author events in August include one with Tamura Lomax @reluctantheologian.bsky.social, author of "Loving Black Boys" in Richmond, VA. Hope you can make it! buff.ly/FzXi3Z8

Cover of Loving Black Boys: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering by Tamura Lomax. Features a purple and orange color overlay depicting two young boys walking together on a street, one with an arm around the other's shoulder. The title is in bold, large orange text over the image, with the author's name, in smaller white text to the right. Below, the subtitle appears in smaller white text.