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Affirmation of Poetry Affirmation of Poetry Judith Balso 2014 Spring
Reestablishing the importance of poetry’s place as a site of thought
Gestures Gestures Vilém Flusser 2014 Spring
An analysis of gestures great and small, from a renowned media theorist—available in English for the first time
Reading Writing Interfaces: From the Digital to the Bookbound Reading Writing Interfaces From the Digital to the Bookbound 2014 Spring
Uncovers a lineage of writers and thinkers who have rebelled against the means of production
Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance Settler Common Sense Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance Mark Rifkin 2014 Spring
Tracing the unacknowledged effects of colonialism in the canon of nineteenth-century American literature
Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota John J. Moriarty and Carol D. Hall 2014 Spring
The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Minnesota’s reptiles and amphibians
The Bohemian Flats: A Novel The Bohemian Flats A Novel Mary Relindes Ellis 2014 Spring
The story of a man caught up in the immigrant culture of a river village in Minnesota, and in the throes of World War I
The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City The Folklore of the Freeway Race and Revolt in the Modernist City Eric Avila 2014 Spring
How urban minority communities devastated by the construction of the interstate highway reclaimed their place through cultural expression
The Essential Ellen Willis The Essential Ellen Willis Ellen Willis Nona Willis Aronowitz, Editor 2014 Spring
From pioneering rock music critic Ellen Willis, iconoclastic essays on politics and culture
Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child Becoming Human The Matter of the Medieval Child J. Allan Mitchell 2014 Spring
Can early concepts of being and becoming broaden our understanding of the human?
Thought in the Act: Passages in the Ecology of Experience Thought in the Act Passages in the Ecology of Experience Erin Manning and Brian Massumi 2014 Spring
Explores the intimate connections between thinking and creative practice
More Than Shelter: Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing More Than Shelter Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing Amy L. Howard 2014 Spring
Public housing projects in San Francisco reveal the power of community action
Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century Claire Zimmerman 2014 Spring
How photography shaped modern architecture
Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hiʻiaka Voices of Fire Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hiʻiaka kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui 2014 Spring
Restoring the literature of Pele and Hi‘iaka to its rightful place in Native culture and identity
The Nearness of Others: Searching for Tact and Contact in the Age of HIV The Nearness of Others Searching for Tact and Contact in the Age of HIV David Caron 2014 Spring
An intimate look at the experience, meanings, and politics of HIV disclosure
Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment Henri Lefebvre Lukasz Stanek, Editor 2014 Spring
The relationship between bodily pleasure, space, and architecture—from one of the twentieth century’s most important urban theorists
The History of the Devil The History of the Devil Vilém Flusser 2014 Spring
A fascinating exploration into the early work of the celebrated philosopher of media culture and technology, Vilém Flusser
Fashioning the Nineteenth Century: Habits of Being 3 Fashioning the Nineteenth Century Habits of Being 3 Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, Editors 2014 Spring
How fashion in nineteenth-century art, literature, and life came to define—and defy—class
Dispatches from Pakistan Dispatches from Pakistan Madiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon and Vijay Prashad, Editors 2014 Spring
Urgent essays about contemporary Pakistan that go behind the headlines
Cinders Cinders Jacques Derrida 2014 Spring
A haunting work of poetic self-analysis that finds in the fragility and resilience of ashes a paradigm for the relation of language to the living and the dead
Plant a Pocket of Prairie Plant a Pocket of Prairie Phyllis Root 2014 Spring
An inspiring children’s book about the endangered prairie ecosystem and how we can help restore it
Lake Superior Flavors: A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour Lake Superior Flavors A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour James Norton 2014 Spring
Embark on a culinary tour of Lake Superior with the founders of the Heavy Table
Reinventing Citizenship: Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation Reinventing Citizenship Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation Kazuyo Tsuchiya 2014 Spring
A study of race, welfare, and citizenship in the United States and Japan during the 1960s and 1970s
City Choreographer: Lawrence Halprin in Urban Renewal America City Choreographer Lawrence Halprin in Urban Renewal America Alison Bick Hirsch 2014 Spring
How Lawrence Halprin’s choreographic design method mitigated the alienating effects of urban renewal and enriched contemporary urban design
Zenith City: Stories from Duluth Zenith City Stories from Duluth Michael Fedo 2014 Spring
Tales of Duluth from, if not its favorite son, then perhaps its best storyteller
The Three-Minute Outdoorsman: Wild Science from Magnetic Deer to Mumbling Carp The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Wild Science from Magnetic Deer to Mumbling Carp Robert M. Zink 2014 Spring
Curious facts and fascinating insights into nature from scientist outdoorsman Bob Zink
Fighting for Peace: Veterans and Military Families in the Anti–Iraq War Movement Fighting for Peace Veterans and Military Families in the Anti–Iraq War Movement Lisa Leitz 2014 Spring
The story of the “military peace movement” that opposed the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent The Imperial University Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira, Editors 2014 Spring
From the front lines of the war on academic freedom, linking the policing of knowledge to the relationship between universities, militarism, and neoliberalism
Sexuality in School: The Limits of Education Sexuality in School The Limits of Education Jen Gilbert 2014 Spring
Explores and expands on the role of sexuality in teaching and learning
Health Rights Are Civil Rights: Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978 Health Rights Are Civil Rights Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978 Jenna M. Loyd 2014 Spring
How demands for dignified medical care and healthy living conditions brought together social justice advocates
Negotiating Sex Work: Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism Negotiating Sex Work Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism Carisa R. Showden and Samantha Majic, Editors 2014 Spring
Illustrates how the politics surrounding sex work shape individual and collective agency
No Saints around Here: A Caregiver’s Days No Saints around Here A Caregiver’s Days Susan Allen Toth 2014 Spring
A moment-by-moment memoir of the difficulty and dedication of caregiving
The Social Project: Housing Postwar France The Social Project Housing Postwar France Kenny Cupers 2014 Spring
Maps the architectural, cultural, and intellectual history of suburbanization in postwar France
The Durable Slum: Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai The Durable Slum Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai Liza Weinstein 2014 Spring
How Dharavi, Mumbai’s megaslum, has escaped eradication for decades
Eugenic Feminism: Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India Eugenic Feminism Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India Asha Nadkarni 2014 Spring
This surprising examination uncovers the eugenic impulse in a nation’s desire for “founding mothers”
Nauman Reiterated Nauman Reiterated Janet Kraynak 2014 Spring
What unifies the work of Bruce Nauman?
Marta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayal Marta Oulie A Novel of Betrayal Sigrid Undset 2014 Spring
The first English translation of the Nobel Prize–winning author’s scandalous debut novel
Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger Eating Fire My Life as a Lesbian Avenger Kelly Cogswell 2014 Spring
An outsider American recounts two decades of radical lesbian life in this urgent, ferociously funny memoir
Coproducing Asia: Locating Japanese–Chinese Regional Film and Media Coproducing Asia Locating Japanese–Chinese Regional Film and Media Stephanie DeBoer 2014 Spring
Reframes our understanding of regional coproduction and East Asian film and media
Split Screen Korea: Shin Sang-ok and Postwar Cinema Split Screen Korea Shin Sang-ok and Postwar Cinema Steven Chung 2014 Spring
How the career of Korea’s most important postwar film director reveals surprising continuities between South and North Korea
Precarious Prescriptions: Contested Histories of Race and Health in North America Precarious Prescriptions Contested Histories of Race and Health in North America Laurie B. Green, John Mckiernan-González and Martin Summers, Editors 2014 Spring
Explores the complex relations between the institutions and ideologies of health and people of color in America
From Orphan to Adoptee: U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption From Orphan to Adoptee U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption SooJin Pate 2014 Spring
Korean adoption as the sine qua non of U.S. neocolonialism in South Korea
Nobody Is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low Nobody Is Supposed to Know Black Sexuality on the Down Low C. Riley Snorton 2014 Spring
How the “down low” media phenomenon reinforces troubling representations of black sexuality
Educated in Whiteness: Good Intentions and Diversity in Schools Educated in Whiteness Good Intentions and Diversity in Schools Angelina E. Castagno 2014 Spring
How well-meaning educators shape and enact diversity-related policies and practices that strengthen whiteness rather than educational equity or justice
Self-Projection: The Director’s Image in Art Cinema Self-Projection The Director’s Image in Art Cinema Linda Haverty Rugg 2014 Spring
An innovative argument for narrative art films as autobiographical acts
Quotational Practices: Repeating the Future in Contemporary Art Quotational Practices Repeating the Future in Contemporary Art Patrick Greaney 2014 Spring
Resituates quotation as an aesthetic practice
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson Robert Hofler 2014 Spring
The revealing—and often shocking—biography of legendary Hollywood agent Henry Willson
In Motion, At Rest: The Event of the Athletic Body In Motion, At Rest The Event of the Athletic Body Grant Farred 2014 Spring
A penetrating new analysis of “the event” from a surprising source: sport
Blackwater Ben Blackwater Ben William Durbin 2014 Spring
A young boy discovers harsh realities, secrets, and adventure at a northern Minnesota logging camp in 1898
Curse of a Winter Moon Curse of a Winter Moon Mary Casanova 2014 Spring
An intense tale of superstition and persecution in sixteenth-century France
Riot Riot Mary Casanova 2014 Spring
The gripping story of a Minnesota milling town ripped apart by tension and violence
The Intelligence of a Machine The Intelligence of a Machine Jean Epstein 2014 Spring
A groundbreaking early philosophy of cinema and the cinematographic apparatus
Summa Technologiae Summa Technologiae Stanisław Lem 2014 Spring
From the acclaimed author of the science fiction novel Solaris, a pre-Dawkins exposition of evolution as a blind and chaotic watchmaker
The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics The Good Fight A Life in Liberal Politics Walter F. Mondale 2014 Spring
Reflections on a life in politics and a call for restoring civility to the nation’s political discourse
Thirty Rooms to Hide In: Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic Thirty Rooms to Hide In Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic Luke Longstreet Sullivan 2014 Spring
The remarkable story of six brothers growing up in the ’50s and ’60s as their father—a highly respected Mayo Clinic surgeon—slowly goes insane
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams Mark Dery 2014 Spring
A head-spinning thrill ride through contemporary American culture