No crocodiles but lots of gators

That’s a challenge worthy of a Millenium Prize Problem

Deadloch season 2 is giving hard Lower Alabama vibes. Darwin, Australia = Baldwin County, AL

Cover of Melodrama as Provocateur by Linda Williams. The cover is black with three red triangles creating a geometric design. The title is written at an upwards diagonal in a cream all lowercase sans serif font. The author’s name is written in diagonally between two of the triangles in all caps and yellow. The editors are written in a serif font in the bottom red triangle.

Cover of Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign: The Sonic Afterlives of David Bowie and Prince edited by Daphne A. Brooks. The cover features David Bowie on the left and Prince on the right both in different shades of purple. Between the two artists the title is written in a bold sans serif font in a gradient fading from orange to pink to purple. The subtitle is written vertically to the left of the title in yellow. The editor’s name is below and follows the same gradient of yellow to purple.

Cover of Erotic Knowledge: Toward a Lesbian Feminist Political Theory by Elena Gambino. The title appears at the top left in large black type on an orange background. Inset is a sketch of a powerful-looking nude woman angled away from the viewer with one arm outstretched. The author's name appears to the left of the woman's head and the subtitle, rotated ninety degrees, runs vertically down the cover from her hand.

Today the DUP blog highlights April's new books, including “Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign” edited by Daphne A. Brooks, “Erotic Knowledge” by Elena Gambino, and "Melodrama As Provocateur" by Linda Williams and edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker. buff.ly/cb6xrFO

Very structured

Ah, Dorton! The last place I saw a Ringling Bros circus ❤️

This was SO illuminating. Thank you, from a resident of Durham

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Quite a statement in Raleigh’s federal court today

put baby photos on all DLs or give these people their rights

Cover of The Connector: Living with Experimental Neuroprosthetics by Alexandra Middleton. It has a black background featuring a white, abstract illustration resembling two branching, neuron‑like forms connected by a web of fine filaments. The title appears in large white text, with the subtitle above it. The author’s name is printed at the bottom.

In "The Connector," Alexandra Middleton examines the embodied life of experimental medicine through an ethnography of the creation of neuromusculoskeletal prostheses and the everyday experience of patients living with them. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/qfusIHk

Is she AI-generated?

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The Weekly Read is "Public Health Under Siege," the introduction to a special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social (51:2) edited by Jonathan Oberlander and Sarah E. Gollust. Read it for free: buff.ly/wEHKRqJ

Buy this issue and use code SAVE30 at checkout for a 30% discount: buff.ly/bGLjJc6

The @aupresses.bsky.social Journals Committee (including me) have organised a Hangout - Let's Talk About…The Impact of AI on University Presses, Thurs 3/5 at 12p EST.

Please do some along if you are a member!

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P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance

Might I suggest www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

Tortillería customer, normal week: 15lbs, please.

Snow week: 150 lbs, and make it quick

That airport has the best food from so many local restaurants. The Japanese restaurant there is my must-eat.

It’s an embarrassment that Duke, mere blocks/miles from you hasn’t extended an offer

When the best angles include the toilet

Any tips for accessing the free -to-read? I’m hitting the paywall with the “free” account level

I feel for you. I was so grateful Saban stayed publicly apolitical and privately decent

Loved spinning that cylinder

The Effect: Bad Bunny (Official Trailer) Dive into the world of Bad Bunny: the unstoppable force reshaping music, culture, and global entertainment. From his Puerto Rican roots and genre-defying sound to a historic home-grown residency,…

Coming January 31, catch Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau, authors of "P FKN R" on NBC's "The Effect: Bad Bunny." Watch the trailer now. #BadBunny

I get this

Apt

I've reverted to my game 2 wish: let's bottom out so we can move on from this guy quickly

I mean, I'm a from-birth, alumna, through the bad years Bama fan, and I'm a little outraged. Whatever: Roll Tide

Verne!