New Release!📚 "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" by Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels showcases the fundamental role the law has served in reckoning with environmental harm in the United States.
We're excited to join forces with @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social to celebrate four recent titles covering key trends in Latinx Studies!
This online panel discussion will take place on April 28th at 5 PM EST.
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As straight women everywhere raise questions about what they stood to gain from relationships with men, South Korean women are playing a very powerful card—withholding sexual and domestic labor—in order to address the crisis of heterosexual misery. Read more on the blog:
Tomorrow, we'll be celebrating the release of "Neighborhoods Matter: How People and Place Affect Political Participation" by Carrie LeVan, which examines the unexpected impact of neighborhood design on civic engagement.
Celebrating ten years of "Muslim Cool!"
Next Monday, Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and a lineup of scholars gather at Yale to reflect on a book that has reshaped how we study race, religion, and culture in America, and to ask what its questions mean for right now.
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To end the week, we'd like to celebrate the release of "Under the Gun: Criminology Goes Back to the Movies" by Michelle Brown and Travis Linnemann, an essential guide to understanding classic and contemporary crime films.
Next Thursday!
Join Dr. Melinda Chen and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at @ou.edu for her book talk celebrating the release of her first book, "Killing Radicalism."
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Peter Mancina, the author of "On the Side of ICE," will speak at the upcoming Critical Migration Studies Conference, hosted by the University of San Francisco, this weekend.
Please join them for workshops on the intersection of academia, activism, and community programming.
Join Ferdiansyah Thajib for the launch of their book, Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia.
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"Prior generations did meet the moment."
With environmental rollbacks accelerating, Alejandro Camacho speaks with @legal-planet.org. to discuss his forthcoming book, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of U.S. Environmental Law."
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"I don't think we've really processed how all of that information is available as evidence and can be used against us." Andrew Guthrie Ferguson talks self-surveillance, the Fourth Amendment, and AI policing with @arstechnica.com
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🎊 My Deepest Desire is officially released!
Poetic writing about yearning to live & love fully, free from the burden of loss & tragedy, Liza Dalby's new translation of Tamiki Hara's final work is paired with the stunning artwork of Sandy Walker.
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In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, this featured excerpt from Muslims of the Midwest by Edward E. Curtis IV aims to deepen our understanding of Arab American heritage and the lasting impact they made on a seemingly white and Christian early Midwest.
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The cover of the book "Under the Gun: Criminology Goes Back to the Movies" featuring a filmstrip with the same image from THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, of wide-eyed Agent Clarice Starling aiming her gun straight ahead at shoulder height.
What drives crime narratives in films? @profmichellebrown.bsky.social & Travis Linnemann investigate pop demonology in THE CONJURING, carceral feminism in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and more in "Under the Gun: Criminology Goes Back to the Movies." @nyupress.bsky.social
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NYU Press author Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is quoted in today's @inquirer.com investigation into Philadelphia's largely unmonitored police drone program.
His book, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance," is a timely book on digital surveillance.
Mother Jones interviews Andrew Guthrie Ferguson on how much of our lives are already surveilled and aggregated into data that's fully accessible under current law. The piece closes with concrete steps readers can take to push back against digital surveillance.
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"Mormon Barrio: Latino Belonging in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," by Sujey Vega, NYU Press, 2026
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"Mormon Barrio: Latino Belonging in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," by Sujey Vega, NYU Press, 2026
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We're excited to celebrate the release of "Killing Radicalism: Anti-Rape Advocacy Reimagined" by Melinda Chen! This book is a wake-up call for advocates and scholars to reexamine their approaches to anti-violence work.
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A new approach to the treatment of lab animals that recognises the interconnectedness of all species and how human actions impact the welfare of other species and the planet as a whole.
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Join Deborah Kanter for her lecture, “Claretians and Parish Life in San Antonio," where she draws from her book, "Pioneers of Latino Ministry," to explore the history of Catholic life and ministry in San Antonio tomorrow, at 12:30 p.m.
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Kirkus Reviews lauds Wendy E. Chmielewski and Jill Norgren’s "Her Hat Was in the Ring" as "A highly readable study about the inspiring women who paved the way for female political leadership in America."
Available September 2026.
Closeup of cover image of The Healing Power of Resilience: A New Prescription for Health and Well-Being. By Tara Narula
From traditional healing to neuroscience to friendship advice, the best health and wellness books reviewed in Booklist over the past year cover an intriguing range of medical and emotional challenges. Check out our Top 10 Health & Wellness Books of 2026: bit.ly/4tFUjsp
The New York City Book Awards Ceremony will stream free to the public on Monday, May 11, at 6 PM to celebrate the best book about our city published in 2025.
We're thrilled our book, "City Time: on Being Sentenced to Rikers Island," will be celebrated as an award winner!
Cover of Racial Virtuality, with a clear glass sculpture of blocks
It’s publication day for Ideas on Fire author Danielle Wong! 🎉 Her new book Racial Virtuality: Information Capitalism and the Suggestive Materiality of Asianness is out now from @nyupress.bsky.social.
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Written in 1978 and unpublished until now, Birdwatching by Eileen Myles tells the story of a 20-something who is already filled with memories. Living in NYC, resplendent, full of both grandeur and awkwardness, they are about to embark on a life fully invested in art. Read an excerpt:
New release! "Racial Virtuality: Information Capitalism and the Suggestive Materiality of Asianness" by Danielle Wong contends that racialization occurs through representation in media and also through our very interactions with media technologies.
Sarah Murray's "Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI" is excerpted at @literaryhub.bsky.social!
Before Alexa, before Nest, there was PAT: the controlling AI housewife from a 1999 Disney Channel movie who saw it all coming.
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Religion News Service covers the rising growth of Latina/o Mormons in the US with Sujey Vega's new book, "Mormon Barrio."
In an interview, Vega describes how these community members come to practice and how they feel about their faith.
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“ . . . the Tuskegee student uprising is one part of a long pattern of Black people fighting to expand the horizons of learning in this country.” — Brian Jones in the award-winning book, “The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History” via @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️
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In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, this blog post features an excerpt from This Muslim American Life by Moustafa Bayoumi that deepens our understanding of Muslim-American life after 9/11 and sheds light on how their complex history continues to shape American culture and policies today.