Totally blown away to read a review of book in ILR Review which calls it a "... a complex and nuanced account of the coloniality of power, achieved previsely through its intersectional approach." The deep critical analysis of my book and its engagement with social reproduction theory is fantastic!
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Text reads, "Organization for American Historians 2026 Conference Exhibit. Use code OAH26 for 40% off when you order from dukeupress.edu." Background features assorted book and journal covers arranged in columns.
Take advantage of our #OAH2026 conference discount! Through May 28, save 40% on all books and journal issues in #USHistory or any other discipline when you use code OAH26 at checkout on our website or that of our UK partner, MNG. buff.ly/3XzJYIT
Today! If you are in New Haven, join us. 💓
Especially happy to see TWO book about care, politics, and gender recognized. Wonderful and necessary!
Covers of Co-Motion, Freeing Black Girls, When Home Is a Photograph, Protein, The Politics of Care Work, Bangkok after Dark, P FKN R, Inventing Nadar, Curating Deviance, My Father the Messiah, Betes Noires, Riding into History, Emergent Genders, Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign, and Floating Power, arranged in a 5x5x5 grid.
Catch our authors, including @emmaamador.bsky.social, @harrissolomon.bsky.social, and @burrata.bsky.social, at in-person and online events in April!
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Call for Submissions: “Aquí y allá: Puerto Rican Education across the Archipelago & the Diaspora” This issue seeks scholarship & creative work that examines Puerto Rican educational experiences across the archipelago & the diaspora.
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Applications open for 2026–2027 CENTRO Rooted & Relational Research Initiative: “Black Cuerpas: Race, Body Politics, & Culture.”
Deadline: April 30, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Apply: https://ow.ly/Vpsp50YuMww
Applications open for 12 Rooted + Relational Micro-Grants ($5,000 each) on "Black Cuerpas: Race, Body Politics & Culture." Deadline: April 30, 2026. Apply: https://ow.ly/XMZn50YuPS0
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Looking forward to this dialogue about my book at Yale University next Wednesday with Dr. Ana Ramos-Zayas! 🌸
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Please join us tomorrow for a virtual event celebrating Women’s History month with @centropr.bsky.social! Prof. Vanessa Perez Rosario and I wI’ll be discussing our recently published books.
🌸 Happy International Women’s Day! Thrilled to see my book— The Politics of Care Work — on this list. 🌸
Covers of P FKN R, Ice Geographies, Unfurl, Occupied Refuge, Black Disability Politics, The Politics of Care Work, Puto, Ocean, as Much as Rain, The Sound of Feathers, Body Problems, My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio, Tension, Architecture and the Right to Heal, Gay Print Culture, and These Survivals, arranged in a 5x5x5 grid.
Catch a DUP author near you: this spring @emmaamador.bsky.social @wolffdr.bsky.social @naylandblake.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social and many more are giving book talks free and open to the public. See the full lineup of March author events on our blog: buff.ly/1hPFt1c
Very excited to participate in this dialogue at CENTRO with Prof. Pérez-Rosario about our recently published books. I will reflect a bit on my book— The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice, Duke UP, 2025. @centropr.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
Cover of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau. The title is in large white and yellow letters against a background featuring the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. The subtitle reads is highlighted in a black and yellow box. An illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The authors' names are displayed at the bottom in red and blue text.
In "P Fkn R," Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau offer a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices: Bad Bunny. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/hbSewLN
Covers of Mavericks of Style, The Aesthetics of Resistance, My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio, Speculative Light, After Caliban, Soldier's Paradise, The Ocean on Fire, and Impossible Things, arranged in a 4x4 grid.
Congrats to our authors whose books made gift guides and "Best of" lists this year! See them all, including @emmaamador.bsky.social, @vivvychoi.bsky.social, @wolffdr.bsky.social, @arsavium.bsky.social, @bethdrobinson.bsky.social, @gentlemanjane.bsky.social, & @pepepierce.bsky.social: buff.ly/f3UF0sL
Can’t wait to read!
Excited to see my book— The Politics of Care Work— on this list and grateful for the fantastic index @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social made for the book.
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
Check out our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring titles by @reluctantheologian.bsky.social, @nancyhelicopter.bsky.social, @storti.bsky.social, @emilygdoucet.bsky.social, @iansociologo.bsky.social, @kirisanter.bsky.social, and @biidaasamose.bsky.social, among others! buff.ly/eAbC27z
TODAY is the last day of the Duke University Press Sale! My book and many others are 50% off with the discount code FALL25. 📚🎉
Yellow graphic with dark blue text reading Fall Sale. 50% off with code FALL25. Available Books & Journal Issues. Oct 20-Nov 9. Duke University Press logo is in bottom right corner.
Our fall sale ends tomorrow! Shop now and save 50% on all in-stock and pre-order books and journal issues with coupon FALL25. Don't delay!
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Tomorrow!
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15. Check out our latest titles in Latinx studies including work by @emmaamador.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social, & @arlenedavila.bsky.social.
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