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New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)
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An author-interview #podcast consortium dedicated to introducing serious books to a worldwide audience. Find us on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2UoASTE
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Joined May 2011
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    The New Books Network (NBN) is home to a vast library of author-interview podcasts covering a wide a range of subjects, interests and genres. If you've written a new book and would like to appear as a guest on one of our episodes, you can pitch us HERE ↙️
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    International bestselling author @DouglasKMurray's new book takes on some of the twenty-first century's most divisive issues RE: sexuality, gender, technology, and race. 🎙️Listen in as he joins @KirkMeighoo to give us his take on today's culture wars ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/douglas-murray…
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    How did trade routes across the Sahara facilitate the movement of people, ideas, and objects from the 8th-16th centuries? Kathleen Bickford Berzock discusses the book and exhibition CARAVANS of GOLD, FRAGMENTS in TIME (@PrincetonUPress) w/@NAMansour26 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/k-b-berzock-ca…
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    The New Books Network (NBN) is home to a vast library of author-interview podcasts covering a wide a range of subjects, interests and genres. If you've written a new book and would like to appear as a guest on one of our episodes, you can pitch us HERE ↙️
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    In EVERYTHING MAN: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson (@DukePress), @ShanaRedmond explores the ways in which afrofuturist Robeson, silenced by state repression in his lifetime, still speaks to us. Learn more as Redmond joins Andy Boyd on the podcast ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/shana-redmond-…
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    THE BLACK REPUBLIC (@PennPress) provides keen insights into the ways in which African Americans viewed Haiti as a symbol of Black sovereignty and self-determination. @bronaldbyrd joins @TheTattooedGrad for this episode. Give their conversation a listen ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/brandon-r-byrd…
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    Congrats to @KeishaBlain & Anna-Lisa Cox on making @SmithsonianMag's Best History Books of 2018! Both authors were kind enough to join us on the NBN. SET THE WORLD ON FIRE: bit.ly/2FCrPwp THE BONE AND SINEW OF THE LAND: bit.ly/2FMBSPN smithsonianmag.com/history/best-h…
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    While Tibetan Buddhism continues to face restrictions in contemporary China, it has in fact entered mainstream Chinese society with a growing middle-class and celebrity following. Joshua Esler discusses TIBETAN BUDDHISM among HAN CHINESE (@RLPGBooks) ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/joshua-esler-t…
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    Asking “why magical stories are written for some people and not for others," THE DARK FANTASTIC (@NYUpress) explores narratives of magical and fantastical stories that currently dominate our Anglo-American cultural landscape. @Ebonyteach joins @gorenlj ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/ebony-elizabet…
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    THE FIUME CRISIS (@Harvard_Press) recasts what we know about fascism, nationalism and the fall of empire after WWI by focusing on the 3-year period when the Adriatic city of Fiume generated an international crisis. 🎙️@DominiqueReill joins @steven_seegel👇 newbooksnetwork.com/the-fiume-cris…
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    ACROSS OCEANS of LAW (@DukePress) take us to 1914, when the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Learn more as Renisa Mawani joins @Ahmed_Yaqoub on the podcast ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/renisa-mawani-…
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    Drawing on interviews, participant observation and deep readings of texts, HACKING DIVERSITY (@PrincetonUPress) shows how the problem-solving ethos of #OpenTech fails to meet the challenge of structural social problems. @scrivenix joins @JasmineMcNealy 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/christina-dunb…
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    Deeply researched and theorized, THE SMELL of SLAVERY (@cambUP_History) presents a deeper historical understanding of the senses and the legacy that olfactory racism still has on Atlantic societies. 🎙️Andrew Kettler joins @KleiserGrant on the podcast👇 newbooksnetwork.com/andrew-kettler…
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    THE WOLLSTONECRAFTIAN MIND (@Routledge_Phil) is an extensive compendium of Mary Wollstonecraft as a writer, interlocutor, philosopher, political theorist, and as a feminist thinker. Editors @AlanMSJCoffee, @BottingHunt and @sandrineankara join @gorenlj👇 newbooksnetwork.com/s-berges-e-hun…