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Icon of a red sickle with a white star of David.

A Cold War Exodus

Shaul Kelner

Algorithms of Oppression

Algorithms of Oppression

Safiya Umoja Noble

American Patriots

American Patriots

Ralph Young

Yellow title on a blue and green background.

"Are You Calling Me a Racist?"

Sarita Srivastava

Avidly Reads Screen Time

Avidly Reads Screen Time

Phillip Maciak

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin

Michael G. Long, Clayborne Carson

Becoming Human

Becoming Human

Zakiyyah Iman Jackson

Black Age

Black Age

Habiba Ibrahim

Black Ephemera

Black Ephemera

Mark Anthony Neal

Black and white photo of Erika Higgins laughing.

Black Panther Woman

Mary Frances Phillips, Charlene A. Carruthers

Black Patience

Black Patience

Julius B. Fleming Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. stands solemnly beside Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Black Power, Jewish Politics

Marc Dollinger, Ilana Kaufman

A photograph of a naked butt cast in shadow.

Bottoms Up

Xiomara Verenice Cervantes-Gomez

Broken

Broken

Evelyn Alsultany

Donald J. Trump stands on the White House porch, speaking to a group of children

Children of a Troubled Time

Margaret A. Hagerman

Coloring into Existence

Coloring into Existence

Isabel Millán

Crip Authorship

Crip Authorship

Mara Mills, Rebecca Sanchez

Cruising Utopia, 10th Anniversary Edition

Cruising Utopia, 10th Anniversary Edition

José Esteban Muñoz, Joshua Chambers-Letson, Tavia Nyong'o, Ann Pellegrini

Abstract art of five people standing against a blue, gold, and red background. The painting is scratched.

Dark Agoras

J.T. Roane

Deadpan

Deadpan

Tina Post

Deviant Matter

Deviant Matter

Kyla Wazana Tompkins

Digital Black Feminism

Digital Black Feminism

Catherine Knight Steele

Digital Unsettling

Digital Unsettling

Sahana Udupa, Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan

Disabilities of the Color Line

Disabilities of the Color Line

Dennis Tyler

Symmetrically organized items on a desk in front of a white wall.

Disability Works

Patrick McKelvey

Disciplinary Futures

Disciplinary Futures

Nadia Y. Kim, Pawan Dhingra

Photo of person laying in the middle of the street at night.

Dissatisfactions

Joshua Javier Guzmán

Distressing Language

Distressing Language

Michael Davidson

Distributed Blackness

Distributed Blackness

André Brock, Jr.

Black and white image of a man with his arm wrapped in meat. A projected image shows a woman tipping over a silver pot.

Extravagant Camp

Chris A. Eng

Man and woman with a microphone standing in front of an American flag held by another woman.

F*ck The Army!

Lindsay Goss

Falling, Floating, Flickering

Falling, Floating, Flickering

Hershini Bhana Young

Smiley face emoji with stars for eyes. It is split in half, opening to reveal angry face emojis

Fandom Is Ugly

Mel Stanfill

Fearing the Black Body

Fearing the Black Body

Sabrina Strings

Illustration of a chalk board. The title and author name is written in chalk

Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid

LJ Slovin

Person dribbling a basketball between their legs

Filipino American Sporting Cultures

Constancio R. Arnaldo, Jr.

For Pleasure

For Pleasure

Rachel Jane Carroll

Free Time

Free Time

Gary S. Cross

Vertically divided in half. Left side is yellow, and right side is white.

Gender Without Identity

Avgi Saketopoulou, Ann Pellegrini

Person in a head scarf facing the sea.

Global Guyana

Oneka LaBennett

Close-up painting of a Chicanx-Indigenous woman with her fist raised.

Healing Movements

Megan S. Raschig

Hip Hop Heresies

Hip Hop Heresies

Shanté Paradigm Smalls

A crowd protesting police violence.

Hope and Struggle in the Policed City

Menika B. Dirkson

The House on G Street

The House on G Street

Lisandro Pérez

A blue surgical mask against a black background.

How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic

Mara Mills, Harris Kornstein, Faye Ginsburg, Rayna Rapp, Judith Heumann, Ed Yong

Jews Across the Americas

Jews Across the Americas

Adriana M. Brodsky, Laura Arnold Leibman

A Black person mid-jump atop a cement wall.

Jump

Sam C. Tenorio

Title displayed on a white and black background featuring a red cross.

Just Health

Dayna Bowen Matthew

Keeping It Unreal

Keeping It Unreal

Darieck Scott

Keywords for African American Studies

Keywords for African American Studies

Erica R. Edwards, Roderick A. Ferguson, Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Third Edition

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Third Edition

Bruce Burgett, Glenn Hendler

Keywords for Children’s Literature, Second Edition

Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition

Philip Nel, Lissa Paul, Nina Christensen

Keywords for Comics Studies

Keywords for Comics Studies

Ramzi Fawaz, Deborah Whaley, Shelley Streeby

Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies

Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies

The Keywords Feminist Editorial Collective

Keywords for Health Humanities

Keywords for Health Humanities

Sari Altschuler, Jonathan M. Metzl, Priscilla Wald

A pipeline supported by copper tubing, featuring a mountain range in the background.

Land of Extraction

Rebecca R. Scott

Historical photograph of a young Black child next to small table.

Like Children

Camille Owens

Statue of Bruce Lee stands in front of a body of water.

Like Water

Daryl Joji Maeda

Abstract ink smudges on beige paper.

Matters of Inscription

Christina A. León

Graphic of a Black woman with natural hair. Silhouettes of plants and a comb in the background.

Natural

Chelsea Mary Elise Johnson

Normporn

Normporn

Karen Tongson

A Civil Rights-era photo of a man marching alongside people holding protest signs.

Organizing Your Own

Say Burgin

A rainbow-colored, paisley print bandana on a white background.

Outskirts

D'Lane R. Compton, Amy L. Stone

Pasifika Black

Pasifika Black

Quito Swan

Japanese woman facing away from her African American husband.

Picture Bride, War Bride

Sonia C. Gomez

Compacted cube of vegetables in gelatin.

Practicing Food Studies

Amy Bentley, Fabio Parasecoli, Krishnendu Ray, Marion Nestle

A black-and-white image of a Suffragette in a suit and top hat.

Public Faces, Secret Lives

Wendy L. Rouse

Queer Childhoods

Queer Childhoods

Mary Zaborskis

Queer Forms

Queer Forms

Ramzi Fawaz

A scan of two flowers.

Queer Lasting

Sarah Ensor

Four historical photographs of a man. Different embroidered suits are overlaid on the man

Redface

Bethany Hughes

Ricanness

Ricanness

Sandra Ruiz

A rough ring of multicolored wavy lines rising from a pair of walking gray legs.

Sanctuary People

Gina M. Pérez

Black background with the title in pink and yellow font

Sex Is as Sex Does

Paisley Currah

A red silhouette of lips kissing

Sex Work Today

Bernadette Barton, Barbara G. Brents, Angela Jones

Sexuality Beyond Consent

Sexuality Beyond Consent

Avgi Saketopoulou

Signs of Disability

Signs of Disability

Stephanie L. Kerschbaum

Skin Theory

Skin Theory

Cristina Mejia Visperas

Sonic Sovereignty

Sonic Sovereignty

Liz Przybylski

Streaming Video

Streaming Video

Amanda D. Lotz, Ramon Lobato

Style

Style

Taylor Black

Terrorism in American Memory

Terrorism in American Memory

Marita Sturken

In the first image, people in colorful outfits protest. In the second, they raise their arms in a church.

The Church of Stop Shopping and Religious Activism

George González

Painting of a Southern Antebellum woman writing at her desk.

The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai

Dianne Ashton, Melissa R. Klapper

The Content of Our Caricature

The Content of Our Caricature

Rebecca Wanzo

The Dark Fantastic

The Dark Fantastic

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

The Garden Politic

The Garden Politic

Mary Kuhn

Man in an American flag suit kisses a woman in a green dress

The Green Space

Marion R. Casey

Photograph of women protesting with a grainy, pink filter.

The Movement for Reproductive Justice

Patricia Zavella

The Other Side of Terror

The Other Side of Terror

Erica R. Edwards

The Queer Nuyorican

The Queer Nuyorican

Karen Jaime

The Star of David from the Israeli flag.

The Threshold of Dissent

Marjorie N. Feld

Tuskegee student activists make protest signs. One man speaks into a megaphone.

The Tuskegee Student Uprising

Brian Jones

The Two Revolutions

The Two Revolutions

Avery Dame-Griff

The Unintended

The Unintended

Monica Huerta

A drawing of a doctor wearing surgical attire. Flowers behind the doctor.

The Third Net

Lisa Sun-Hee Park, Erin Hoekstra, Anthony M. Jimenez

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition

Samuel R. Delany, Robert F. Reid-Pharr

Dark green background

Toxic Sexual Politics

Melina Packer

Unbelonging

Unbelonging

Iván A. Ramos

Textured beige background

Unsettled

Oren Kroll-Zeldin

On the top is a New York subway station sign. The bottom is a wall covered in framed newspaper clippings and photos of famous Black figures.

Vibes Up

Sabia McCoy-Torres

Child smiles in his bedroom, surrounded by toys.

Where the Wild Things Were

Henry Jenkins

Historical photo of a young Black girl sitting in a chair.

Young Abolitionists

Michaël Roy

Partner Press Titles

Uncut

Uncut

Jonathan A Allan

University of Regina Press

Reading from Behind

Reading from Behind

Jonathan A Allan

University of Regina Press

A Rotten Crowd

A Rotten Crowd

John Marsh

Monthly Review Press

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