We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Lauren Berlant, one of our bestselling authors and a great friend to the Press. A full remembrance will come later this week, in the meantime, this @NewYorker article is a good piece on their work and legacy.
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- A huge congratulations to Fred Moten, who has been named a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. Earlier this week he also won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism! #MacFellow ow.ly/WF1850BLbeX
- We are working on a remembrance, but we cannot overstate the influence of #FredricJameson on Duke University Press. We have made his articles in our journals freely available through October 31. "Postmodernism" is our all-time bestselling book. ow.ly/kGvQ50TtqGz
- The newest book in the Stuart Hall: Selected Writings series, "Selected Writings on Race and Difference," will be out in April. You can read Paul Gilroy's introduction now for free on our website! #StuartHall ow.ly/dek550DIIMV
- The contributors to "Crip Genealogies" reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship & activism. Read the free intro now! #AmericanStudies #DisabilityStudies ow.ly/XIuW50MC468
- Here's a Monday treat: the introduction to "On the Inconvenience of Other People," Lauren Berlant's final book, is now available for free on our website. The book is out in September. ow.ly/UCkH50J8Tyg
- In "The Suicide Archive," Doyle D. Calhoun charts a long history of suicidal resistance to French colonialism and neocolonialism, from the time of slavery to the Algerian War for Independence to the “Arab Spring.” Read the intro now for free: ow.ly/XIe350T2mav
- The first volume to bring together Stuart Hall’s engagements with art, film, and photography, “Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture” offers over two dozen essays, lectures, and reviews. Read the introduction today: ow.ly/IjyR50RG0Ib #StuartHall #MediaStudies
- We are thrilled that @BarnardCollege professor Monica L. Miller's 2009 book "Slaves to Fashion" is the inspiration for the 2025 @metmuseum Costume Institute exhibition. #MetGala ow.ly/3WZq50TIecs
- Tithi Bhattacharya’s “Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence,” which examines the social history of Bengali ghost stories, will be out in August. Read the introduction for free on our website: ow.ly/VBQq50RzrP4 #Twitterstorians #SouthAsianStudies
- Sony Coráñez Bolton's new book "Crip Colony" examines the racial politics of disability, mestizaje, and sexuality in the Philippines. Read the introduction for free on our website now. #AsianAmericanStudies #DisabilityStudies ow.ly/zR3c50M3S7p
- Register here to attend Wednesday's online lecture from Christina Sharpe, author of "In the Wake." Sharpe's lecture focuses on the various Black meanings embedded in the “ordinary” notes that compose Black Life. ow.ly/Nzix50GUxj6
- Editorial Director @kwissoker chooses "In the Wake" by @hystericalblkns as his top book of the decade on the blog today. ow.ly/Erd550xD64z
- Congratulations to this year's @macfound MacArthur Fellows, who include several authors with ties to Duke University Press, including Jennifer L. Morgan and Ruha Benjamin @ruha9. You can read some of their work for free! dukeupress.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/con…















