Forthcoming Titles

Zombie Theory: A Reader Zombie Theory A Reader Sarah Juliet Lauro, Editor 2017 Fall
An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on zombies as the embodiment of anxieties, critiques, and desires
When the Hills Are Gone: Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community When the Hills Are Gone Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community Thomas W. Pearson 2017 Fall
An overlooked part of fracking’s environmental impact becomes a window into the activists and industrial interests fighting for the future of energy production—and the fate of rural communities
Being Together in Place: Indigenous Coexistence in a More Than Human World Being Together in Place Indigenous Coexistence in a More Than Human World Soren C. Larsen and Jay T. Johnson 2017 Fall
How place summons Native and non-Native people into dialogue to take up the challenging work of coexistence with each other and the nonhuman world
Fictionalizing Anthropology: Encounters and Fabulations at the Edges of the Human Fictionalizing Anthropology Encounters and Fabulations at the Edges of the Human Stuart McLean 2017 Fall
On anthropology, creativity, and becoming other
Ecology without Culture: Aesthetics for a Toxic World Ecology without Culture Aesthetics for a Toxic World Christine L. Marran 2017 Fall
Reconfiguring the intentions and parameters of ecocriticism
Life: A Modern Invention Life A Modern Invention Davide Tarizzo 2017 Fall
A paradigm-shifting genealogy of biological life as metaphysical concept rather than a scientific category
Superhumanity: Design of the Self Superhumanity Design of the Self Nick Axel, Beatriz Colomina, Nikolaus Hirsch, Anton Vidokle and Mark Wigley, Editors 2018 Spring
A wide-ranging and challenging exploration of design and how it engages with the self
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America The Inconvenient Indian A Curious Account of Native People in North America Thomas King 2018 Spring
A brilliantly subversive and darkly humorous history of Indian–White relations in North America since first contact
Youth Media Matters: Participatory Cultures and Literacies in Education Youth Media Matters Participatory Cultures and Literacies in Education Korina M. Jocson 2017 Fall
How young people making media have potential to shape pedagogy, raise social awareness, and promote creative self-expression
Four Metaphors of Modernism: From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme Four Metaphors of Modernism From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme Jenny Anger 2018 Spring
Exploring the significance of metaphor in modern art
Deconstruction Machines: Writing in the Age of Cyberwar Deconstruction Machines Writing in the Age of Cyberwar Justin Joque 2018 Spring
A bold new theory of cyberwar argues that militarized hacking is best understood as a form of deconstruction
Judith F. Baca Judith F. Baca Anna Indych-López 2018 Spring
Behind the fascinating public artist’s practice of collaboration
What Is Information? What Is Information? Peter Janich 2018 Spring
A novel way of looking at information challenges longstanding dogmas—from a preeminent German thinker
Homemade: Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food Homemade Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food Beatrice Ojakangas 2018 Spring
A celebrated cook’s recipes and reflections on growing up in a big Finnish family in northern Minnesota
The User Unconscious: On Affect, Media, and Measure The User Unconscious On Affect, Media, and Measure Patricia Ticineto Clough 2018 Spring
Wide-ranging essays and experimental prose forcefully demonstrate how digital media and computational technologies have redefined what it is to be human
Renew Orleans?: Globalized Development and Worker Resistance after Katrina Renew Orleans? Globalized Development and Worker Resistance after Katrina Aaron Schneider 2018 Spring
Urban development after disaster, the fading of black political clout, and the onset of gentrification
Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2-RF: A Case Book Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2-RF A Case Book Martin Sellbom and Dustin B. Wygant 2018 Spring
An illustrative guide for using the MMPI-2-RF in forensic assessment
Wild Child: Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Wild Child Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Naomi Morgenstern 2018 Spring
Exploring how the figure of the “wild child” in contemporary fiction grapples with contemporary cultural anxieties about reproductive ethics and the future of humanity
Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart Jane St. Anthony 2018 Spring
How can Isabelle ever express to Margaret and Grace how grateful she is for their friendship, just when she needed it most?
Fearless Ivan and His Faithful Horse Double-Hump: A Russian Folk Tale Fearless Ivan and His Faithful Horse Double-Hump A Russian Folk Tale Pyotr Yershov and Jack Zipes 2018 Spring
A classic Russian tale retold for our time by an eminent folklorist
The Neocolonialism of the Global Village The Neocolonialism of the Global Village Ginger Nolan 2018 Fall
Uncovering a vast maze of realities in the media theories of Marshall McLuhan
Dead Man’s Rapids Dead Man’s Rapids William Durbin and Barbara Durbin 2018 Fall
The further adventures of a boy discovering the challenges and the humor of a log drive in Minnesota’s north woods in 1899
The Experimental Side of Modeling The Experimental Side of Modeling Isabelle F. Peschard and Bas C. van Fraassen, Editors 2018 Fall
An innovative, multifaceted approach to scientific experiments as designed by and shaped through interaction with the modeling process
Elements of a Philosophy of Technology: On the Evolutionary History of Culture Elements of a Philosophy of Technology On the Evolutionary History of Culture Ernst Kapp 2018 Fall
The first philosophy of technology, constructing humans as technological and technology as an underpinning of all culture
Scenarios II: Signs of Life; Even Dwarfs Started Small; Fata Morgana; Heart of Glass Scenarios II Signs of Life; Even Dwarfs Started Small; Fata Morgana; Heart of Glass Werner Herzog 2018 Fall
The second in a series: the master filmmaker’s prose scenarios for four of his notable films
Biology in the Grid: Graphic Design and the Envisioning of Life Biology in the Grid Graphic Design and the Envisioning of Life Phillip Thurtle 2018 Fall
How grids paved the way for our biological understanding of organisms
Conversations in Maine: A New Edition Conversations in Maine A New Edition Grace Lee Boggs, James Boggs, Freddy Paine and Lyman Paine 2018 Fall
Meditations on activism following the turbulent 1960s—back in print
Metropolitan Dreams: The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece Metropolitan Dreams The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece Larry Millett 2018 Fall
The story of one of Minnesota’s most famous and most mourned buildings, set against the history of downtown Minneapolis
The Alphonso Lingis Reader The Alphonso Lingis Reader Alphonso Lingis Tom Sparrow, Editor 2018 Fall
A selection of the writings of Alphonso Lingis, showcasing a unique blend of travelogue, cultural anthropology, and philosophy
Torn in Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea Torn in Two The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea Michael Schumacher 2018 Fall
A gripping tale of one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history and of remarkable survival against all odds