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The Cyclist and His Shadow A Memoir Olivier Haralambon 2022 Spring

A philosopher and former racing cyclist examines how competitive riders lose their sense of self as they pursue perfect motion and mastery over pain

On the Wandering Paths Sylvain Tesson 2022 Spring

A walking journey through France’s vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present—more than 425,000 copies sold in France

Justice at Work The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities Marc Doussard and Greg Schrock 2022 Spring

A pathbreaking look at how progressive policy change for economic justice has swept U.S. cities

Viral Cultures Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS Marika Cifor 2022 Spring

Delves deep into the archives that keep the history and work of AIDS activism alive

Plant Life The Entangled Politics of Afforestation Rosetta S. Elkin 2022 Spring

How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plants

Nothing Has to Make Sense Upholding White Supremacy through Anti-Muslim Racism Sherene H. Razack 2022 Spring

How Western nations have consolidated their whiteness through the figure of the Muslim in the post-9/11 world

Food Allergy Advocacy Parenting and the Politics of Care Danya Glabau 2022 Spring

A detailed exploration of parents’ fight for a safe environment for their kids, interrogating how race, class, and gender shape health advocacy

The Common Camp Architecture of Power and Resistance in Israel–Palestine Irit Katz 2022 Spring

Seeing the camp as a persistent political instrument in Israel–Palestine and beyond

Algorithms of Education How Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Shape Policy Kalervo N. Gulson, Sam Sellar and P. Taylor Webb 2022 Spring

A critique of what lies behind the use of data in contemporary education policy

What If? Twenty-Two Scenarios in Search of Images Vilém Flusser 2022 Spring

An imagination of possibilities, of miscalculations, of futures off-kilter

Rafferty’s Last Case A Minnesota Mystery Featuring Sherlock Holmes Larry Millett 2022 Spring

The ninth and final Minnesota mystery, in which Shadwell Rafferty, with the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, may have solved his own murder

The Life Worth Living Disability, Pain, and Morality Joel Michael Reynolds 2022 Spring

A philosophical challenge to the ableist conflation of disability and pain

Side Affects On Being Trans and Feeling Bad Hil Malatino 2022 Spring

How the “bad feelings” of trans experience inform trans survival and flourishing

On the Rural Economy, Sociology, Geography Henri Lefebvre Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Editors 2022 Spring

A collection of previously untranslated writings by Henri Lefebvre on rural sociology, situating his research in relation to wider Marxist work

Bim, Bam, Bop . . . and Oona Jacqueline Briggs Martin 2022 Spring

An irresistible read-aloud picture book, in which a little odd-duck-out discovers her unique strengths

Ahab Unbound Melville and the Materialist Turn Meredith Farmer and Jonathan D. S. Schroeder, Editors 2022 Spring

Why Captain Ahab is worthy of our fear—and our compassion

Insecurity Richard Grusin, Editor

Investigating insecurity as the predominant logic of life in the present moment

Cacaphonies The Excremental Canon of French Literature Annabel L. Kim 2022 Spring

Exploring why there is so much fecal matter in literary works that matter

The Dylan Tapes Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan Anthony Scaduto 2022 Spring

The raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto’s iconic biography of Bob Dylan draw an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the singer-songwriter who defined his era

Global Debates in the Digital Humanities Domenico Fiormonte, Sukanta Chaudhuri and Paola Ricaurte, Editors 2022 Spring

A necessary volume of essays working to decolonize the digital humanities

University of Minnesota Press

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