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Iron Curtain Journals January–May 1965 Allen Ginsberg 2018 Fall

The first of three in a series of Ginsberg’s unpublished travel journals

Histories of the Transgender Child Julian Gill-Peterson 2018 Fall

A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender children

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

Herlands Exploring the Women’s Land Movement in the United States Keridwen N. Luis 2018 Fall

How women-only communities provide spaces for new forms of culture, sociality, gender, and sexuality

Enduring Images A Future History of New Left Cinema Morgan Adamson 2018 Fall

An integrated look at the political films of the 1960s and ’70s and how the New Left transformed cinema

The Robotic Imaginary The Human and the Price of Dehumanized Labor Jennifer Rhee 2018 Fall

Tracing the connections between human-like robots and AI at the site of dehumanization and exploited labor

Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor 2018 Fall

Observations from the lives of African American domestic workers—back in print

The Denial of Antiblackness Multiracial Redemption and Black Suffering João H. Costa Vargas 2018 Fall

An incisive new look at the black diaspora, examining the true roots of antiblackness and its destructive effects on all of society

Black Boys Apart Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools Freeden Blume Oeur 2018 Fall

How neoliberalism and the politics of respectability are transforming African American manhood

Gay, Inc. The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics Myrl Beam 2018 Fall

A bold and provocative look at how the nonprofit sphere’s expansion has helped—and hindered—the LGBT cause

Power and Progress on the Prairie Governing People on Rosebud Reservation Thomas Biolsi 2018 Spring

A critical exploration of how modernity and progress were imposed on the people and land of rural South Dakota

With Stones in Our Hands Writings on Muslims, Racism, and Empire Sohail Daulatzai and Junaid Rana, Editors 2018 Spring

Bringing together scholars and activists, With Stones in Our Hands confronts the rampant anti-Muslim racism and imperialism across the globe today

Wild Mares My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Dianna Hunter 2018 Spring

A wry memoir of growing up, coming out, and going back to the land as a lesbian feminist in the rural Midwest of the 1960s and 70s

The Undocumented Everyday Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility Rebecca M. Schreiber 2018 Spring

Examining how undocumented migrants are using film, video, and other documentary media to challenge surveillance, detention, and deportation

The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst Christopher Paul 2018 Spring

An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy’s negative contribution to video game culture—and what can be done about it

The Modernist Corpse Posthumanism and the Posthumous Erin E. Edwards 2018 Spring

An unconventional take on the corpse challenges traditional conceptions of who—and what—counts as human while offering bold insights into the modernist project

Historic Capital Preservation, Race, and Real Estate in Washington, D.C. Cameron Logan 2017 Fall

A chronicle of historic preservation’s profound impact on Washington, D.C., highlighting the major changes urban revitalization has made on American cities

Black on Both Sides A Racial History of Trans Identity C. Riley Snorton 2017 Fall

Uncovering the overlapping histories of blackness and trans identity from the nineteenth century to the present day

The River Is in Us Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community Elizabeth Hoover 2017 Fall

The riveting story of the Mohawk community that fought back against the contamination of its lands

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