The book that inspired the exhibition & theme for this year's Met Gala

Ava DuVernay poses on a blue floral carpet at a formal event, wearing a dramatic black-and-white gown with a full skirt and horizontal silver stripes, a white blouse-style bodice with puffed sleeves, a black wide-brimmed hat, and a netted veil. Her hands are on her hips as she stands confidently in front of a floral backdrop and photographers. Overlaid on the image is the book cover for Work! A Queer History of Modeling by Elspeth H. Brown, featuring a black-and-white photo of a poised Black model in a sheer, striped gown with outstretched arms.

Ayo Edebiri stands smiling on a floral blue carpet at a formal event, wearing a striking black-and-white gown with a dramatic deep V neckline and an eye-catching red beaded design that loops around her neck and drapes down the front in a large U-shape. She pairs the look with a black floor-length coat with wide lapels and extended train-like sleeves. Behind her, photographers and onlookers are gathered near a wall of white flowers. Overlaid on the image is the book cover for Good Night the Pleasure Was Ours by David Grubbs, featuring a bold, abstract image of concentric black and red arcs on a white background above a stylized cityscape with train cars.

Cardi B poses on a floral blue carpet at a high-profile event, wearing an opulent green velvet coat dress with intricate textures, beaded details, and ruffled trim in a slightly lighter green. The coat is open at the front to reveal black trousers or a skirt underneath, and she accessorizes with a dramatic afro hairstyle and a white flower brooch. She stands confidently against a backdrop of cameras and floral arrangements. Overlaid on the image is the book cover for Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life by Sarah Jane Cervenak, featuring a ser ene photo of a Black woman standing in a shallow stream surrounded by lush greenery, wearing a green-and-white patterned dress and casting a fishing line, with forested hills rising in the background.

Chappell Roan poses on a floral-patterned blue carpet at a formal event, wearing a vibrant, hot pink sequined pantsuit with a bold zigzag pattern. The flared pants have dramatic slits at the bottom, and the fitted jacket features a plunging neckline. Her voluminous red hair and theatrical eye makeup complete the striking look. Behind her, other attendees and photographers can be seen. Overlaid on the image is the book cover for The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games by Bonnie Ruberg, featuring bold yellow and pink typography and an illustrated anthropomorphic figure in a dress with a snarling wolf head held aloft, dripping blood, in a surreal, graphic art style.

Who Wore It Better, Met Gala 2025 celebrities or Duke University Press book covers?
Ava DuVernay or Work! by Elspeth H. Brown? #MetGala

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Cover of The Witch Studies Reader, edited by Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward. The cover features a grainy, gray illustration of a forest against a black background on the top half of the cover, with its vertical mirror image on the bottom half. The edges of the forest illustration blur and fade into the black background. The white title text is centered at the top of the cover.

"The Witch Studies Reader," edited by Soma Chaudhuri & @gentlemanjane.bsky.social, brings together a diverse group of scholars & practitioners who examine witchcraft from a critical decolonial feminist perspective. Read the intro for free now!
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The @dukepress.bsky.social booth is all set up at #MLA25 in New Orleans! All books are $15 the whole time!! We open at 9am Friday. Come early to be sure to get what you need — and to say hi!

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Fabulous all-star #MLA25 panel on Lee Edelman’s “Bad Education” @dukepress.bsky.social w Jack Halberstam, Ranji Khanna, Stephen Best, Grace Lavery, Heather Love & chaired by Madhavi Menon - with Lee Responding. We learned nothing & it was great lol.

Cover of What Had Happened Was by Therí Alyce Pickens. Cover appears to be a watercolor canvas with an orangish background, speckled with brown. A series of brown figures in sillhouette appear on the right side of the cover. They seem to be whispering to each other.

Read a free sample of "What Had Happened Was," a new collection of poetry by Therí Alyce Pickens which investigates the complex structures of Black storytelling.
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Our #AHA2025 Stony Brook contingent:

So great to see so many @dukepress.bsky.social authors at #AHA2025!

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Insignificant Things:
Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic

By Matthew Francis Rarey

Winner, 2024 Charles Rufus Morey Award, College Art Association

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Making Peace with Nature:
Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ

Eleana J. Kim
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Vulgar Beauty

Mila Zuo 
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Honorable Mention, 2024 AAAS Book Award, Multidisciplinary/Interdisciplinary Studies

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Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader

Greg Tate (1957–2021), recipient of a 2024 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation

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A Nimble Arc:
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Emilie Boone, Finalist, 2023 National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize

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Eating is an English Word (pre-order)
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By Annemarie Mol, 2024 Bernal Prize Winner, 4S

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Necropolitics
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By Achille Mbembe

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