STATIC FORMS: WRITING THE PRESENT IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, by Shir Alon, is one of many amazing new books in Middle East studies from @columbiaup.bsky.social. Use the discount code MESA and save 30%. buff.ly/RMtSmQ9 #MESA2025 #ModernistLatitudes

Reorientalism | Columbia University Press It is commonly believed that Stalinism ended a vibrant period in Soviet avant-garde art and literature. The triumph of socialist realism, in this view, curta... | CUP

"Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the discursive short circuits and contradictions that plagued the Soviet project of modernity."--Klara Kemp-Welch

REORIENTALISM, by Nariman Skakov. Use the code CUP20 and save 20%. bit.ly/4qbtj39 #ModernistLatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

Reorientalism | Columbia University Press It is commonly believed that Stalinism ended a vibrant period in Soviet avant-garde art and literature. The triumph of socialist realism, in this view, curta... | CUP

"With dazzling erudition, Skakov shatters the spatial and temporal coordinates of Soviet modernism."--Steven Lee

Congratulations to Nariman Skakov on the official publication date of his new book, REORIENTALISM. bit.ly/4qbtj39 #modernistlatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Modernism and the Middle Passage | Columbia University Press Modernism is typically thought of as focusing on the new and now, not looking backward at historical catastrophes. Yet in many surprising, often submerged wa... | CUP

"[F]orcefully connects the modernist aesthetic to the violence of the Middle Passage." -- Simon Gikandi

Congratulations to Laura Winkiel on the official publication day of her new book, MODERNISM & THE MIDDLE PASSAGE. tinyurl.com/yajcj9zb #ModernistLatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

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"Bold and original, STATIC FORMS creates a whole new way to read and think about modernist Middle East literature."--Shachar Pinsker

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Stitch, Unstitch | Columbia University Press The labor of literature is often thought of as a specialized craft, distinct from everyday work. In Stitch, Unstitch, Kristin Grogan traces an alternative vi... | CUP

"This book recasts the work of poetry and the poetry of work." -- Evie Shockley

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Hot off the press! MODERNISM & THE MIDDLE PASSAGE, by Laura Winkiel

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Cosmo-Modernism and Theater in India | Columbia University Press Urban theater took shape in postindependence India as a large and complex field produced in more than sixteen major languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Hi... | CUP

"An innovative and erudite theory of Indian modernism as an influential literary formation with its own distinctive features." -- Neelam Srivastava

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Congratulations to Mat Fournier, whose book DYSPHORIC MODERNISM is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in LGBTQ+ Studies! bit.ly/4oAbWbj @lambdaliterary.org @matfournier.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social #ModernistLatitudes

Now Available! STITCH, UNSTITCH: MODERNIST POETRY & THE WORLD OF WORK, by Kristin Grogan.

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Dysphoric Modernism - Choice 360 Employing trans theory, this week’s review analyzes how the gender binary functioned in French modernist literature.

"[A]n original book about complex entanglements and troubling paradoxes.... Highly recommended."

DYSPHPHORIC MODERNISM, by Mat Fournier reviewed in @choicereviews.bsky.social. bit.ly/3H3XHdX @matfournier.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social #ModernistLatitudes

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A huge congratulations to Hannah Freed-Thall, whose "gorgeously written, meticulously researched" MODERNISM AT THE BEACH is winner of the MSA Book Prize. bit.ly/3dIwgaX #ModernistLatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

Writing in Red | Columbia University Press The republic of Turkey and the Soviet Union both emerged from the wreckage of empires surrounding World War I, and pathways of literary exchange soon opened ... | CUP

"[A] fascinating and vibrant history of global revolutionary culture and modernist aesthetics." --Evgeny Dobrenko

Hot off the press! WRITING IN RED: LITERATURE & REVOLUTION ACROSS TURKEY & THE SOVIET UNION by Nergis Ertürk. bit.ly/3vHxRH6 #ModernistLatitudes

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