Forthcoming Titles

The Political Arrays of American Indian Literary History The Political Arrays of American Indian Literary History James H. Cox 2019 Fall
Bringing fresh insight to a century of writing by Native Americans
Organize Organize Timon Beyes, Reinhold Martin and Lisa Conrad 2019 Fall
A pioneering systematic inquiry into—and mapping of—the field of media and organization
Vital Forms: Biological Art, Architecture, and the Dependencies of Life Vital Forms Biological Art, Architecture, and the Dependencies of Life Jennifer Johung 2019 Fall
Shows how the intersection of biotech, art, and architecture are transforming the world we live in
Sensations of History: Animation and New Media Art Sensations of History Animation and New Media Art James J. Hodge 2019 Fall
A phenomenological investigation into new media artwork and its relationship to history
Jack and the Ghost Jack and the Ghost Chan Poling 2019 Fall
A gothic, lyrical evocation of a shipwreck, ghosts, and lost—and found—love in a North Shore town
Black Bourgeois: Class and Sex in the Flesh Black Bourgeois Class and Sex in the Flesh Candice M. Jenkins 2019 Fall
Exploring the forces that keep black people vulnerable even amid economically privileged lives
The Lost Brothers: A Family’s Decades-Long Search The Lost Brothers A Family’s Decades-Long Search Jack El-Hai 2019 Fall
The dread, the drama, and the hope of a break in one of the country’s oldest active missing-child investigations
Bleak Joys: Aesthetics of Ecology and Impossibility Bleak Joys Aesthetics of Ecology and Impossibility Matthew Fuller and Olga Goriunova 2019 Fall
A philosophical and cultural distillation of the bleak joys in today’s ambivalent ecologies and patterns of life
Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian Professor Berman The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian Hy Berman 2019 Fall
Behind the scenes of Minnesota history, by way of the engaging life story of the state’s best-known and beloved political observer
Scenarios III: Stroszek; Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night; Where the Green Ants Dream; Cobra Verde Scenarios III Stroszek; Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night; Where the Green Ants Dream; Cobra Verde Werner Herzog 2019 Fall
For the first time in English, and in his signature prose poetry, the film scripts of four of Werner Herzog’s early works
A to Zåäö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute A to Zåäö Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute Nate Christopherson and Tara Sweeney 2019 Fall
A playful picture-book tour of the Swedish alphabet, in which curious characters explore the American Swedish Institute
Schizogenesis: The Art of Rosemarie Trockel Schizogenesis The Art of Rosemarie Trockel Katherine Guinness 2019 Fall
A deep analysis of an enigmatic artist whose oeuvre opens new spaces for understanding feminism, the body, and identity
Afrotopia Afrotopia Felwine Sarr 2019 Fall
A vibrant meditation and poetic call for an African utopian philosophy of self-reinvention for the twenty-first century
How Not to Make a Human: Pets, Feral Children, Worms, Sky Burial, Oysters How Not to Make a Human Pets, Feral Children, Worms, Sky Burial, Oysters Karl Steel 2019 Fall
From pet keeping to sky burials, a posthuman and ecocritical interrogation of and challenge to human particularity in medieval texts
Birds in Minnesota: Revised and Expanded Edition Birds in Minnesota Revised and Expanded Edition Robert B. Janssen 2019 Fall
A comprehensive update of the classic from the state’s foremost expert
Degrees of Freedom: The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912 Degrees of Freedom The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912 William D. Green 2020 Spring
The true story, and the black citizens, behind the evolution of racial equality in Minnesota
Harriet Bart: Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection Harriet Bart Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection Laura Wertheim Joseph, Editor 2019 Fall
A retrospective and creatively collaborative review of this international feminist conceptual artist
The Decision of Desire The Decision of Desire Silvia Lippi 2020 Spring
A unique rereading of Lacan’s theory of desire and its link to masochism, joy, mysticism, death, and feminine jouissance
Perpetual Motion: Dance, Digital Cultures, and the Common Perpetual Motion Dance, Digital Cultures, and the Common Harmony Bench 2020 Spring
A new exploration of how digital media assert the relevance of dance in a wired world
Clocking Out: The Machinery of Life in 1960s Italian Cinema Clocking Out The Machinery of Life in 1960s Italian Cinema Karen Pinkus 2020 Spring
An original reflection on Italy’s postwar boom considers potentials for resistance in today’s neoliberal (dis)order
Circuit Listening: Chinese Popular Music in the Global 1960s Circuit Listening Chinese Popular Music in the Global 1960s Andrew F. Jones 2020 Spring
How the Chinese pop of the 1960s participated in a global musical revolution
Urbanism without Guarantees: The Everyday Life of a Gentrifying West Side Neighborhood Urbanism without Guarantees The Everyday Life of a Gentrifying West Side Neighborhood Christian M. Anderson 2020 Spring
A unique more-than-capitalist take on urban dynamics
Hacked Transmissions: Technology and Connective Activism in Italy Hacked Transmissions Technology and Connective Activism in Italy Alessandra Renzi 2020 Spring
Mapping the transformation of media activism from the seventies to the present day
Fishing!: A Novel Fishing! A Novel Sarah Stonich 2020 Spring
A hilarious saga of fishing, family, and three generations of tough, independent women—the first in a trilogy
Grocery Activism: The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota Grocery Activism The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota Craig B. Upright 2020 Spring
A key period in the history of food cooperatives that continues to influence how we purchase organic food today
Curiosity Studies: A New Ecology of Knowledge Curiosity Studies A New Ecology of Knowledge Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar, Editors 2020 Spring
The first English-language collection to establish curiosity studies as a unique field
The Metabolist Imagination: Visions of the City in Postwar Japanese Architecture and Science Fiction The Metabolist Imagination Visions of the City in Postwar Japanese Architecture and Science Fiction William O. Gardner 2020 Spring
Japan’s postwar urban imagination through the Metabolism architecture movement and visionary science fiction authors
Modern Housing Modern Housing Catherine Bauer 2020 Spring
The original guide on modern housing from the premier expert and activist in the public housing movement
The Shapes of Fancy: Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature The Shapes of Fancy Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature Christine Varnado 2020 Spring
Exploring forms of desire unaccounted for in previous histories of sexuality
Listening: Interviews, 1970–1989 Listening Interviews, 1970–1989 Jonathan Cott 2020 Spring
A wide-ranging collection of interviews and profiles from twenty years of Jonathan Cott’s remarkable writings