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Katherine McKittrick
@demonicgrounds.bsky.social
lovesick audiophile + heartbroken reader + book maker

most of my writing can be accessed free: www.katherinemckittrick.com

we established a working group at: www.revolutionarydemandforhappiness.com
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San Francisco peeps! Will be joining my pal @foxworthshow.bsky.social and some others for a live show the week of Super Bowl on Feb 5.

Tickets available here - please share!

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ESPN NFL Analyst Domonique Foxworth and Friends LIVE at The Strand!
Live Podcast Recording with Pre-Show Meet and Greet!
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January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror

An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren... | @bostonreview.bsky.social
Renee Good's Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net
January 18, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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January 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Listen in as Joyce E. King talks about education, the foundational values of Black Studies, and the complex history of the field. Great convo, here or on most streams:

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Joyce E. King - Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Africana Studies, and Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 11/26/2025 · 41m
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January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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John hosts Katherine McKittrick on the podcast to talk about gender, Black study, diaspora, design, and the aesthetic. Fabulous conversation, listen in here or at your fave stream:

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Katherine McKittrick - Department of Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Queen's University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 06/13/2025 · 1h 1m
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December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
nasrin and I fuelin' the fonkay! I am so grateful for this conversation!

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December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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What a line-up! An @antipodeonline.bsky.social first: a "longread" of 68 pages! Expect a splendid New Year's gift, when the issue goes to print early Jan!
@udadisi.bsky.social
@samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
#geosky @darajapress.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
wow wow wow!!!
What a line-up! An @antipodeonline.bsky.social first: a "longread" of 68 pages! Expect a splendid New Year's gift, when the issue goes to print early Jan!
@udadisi.bsky.social
@samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
#geosky @darajapress.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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"GIS, Policing and Us" -- a brilliant resource (partly funded by the Antipode Foundation) for investigating the entanglement of Geographic Information Systems and urban policing in North America gispolicingandus.com
GIS, Policing and Us
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December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Sp26 see a major publishing event: a 20th anniversary ed of Katherine McKittrick's influential DEMONIC GROUNDS: BLACK WOMEN AND THE CARTOGRAPHIES OF STRUGGLE with a foreword by Simone Browne speaking to the long impact an enduring relevance of groundbreaking book.

www.upress.umn.edu/978151792141...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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And a major contribution to black studies: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF KATHERINE MCKITTRICK. Expertly curated by Brittany Meché & Camilla Hawthorne, this collection gathers McKittrick's most significant writings. At 544 pages, this will be essential.

www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Toronto Wynter
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
…Kingston Smile
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
ready.
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
black geographies 2026…
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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“So the Detroit that eventually became Detroit, you can see it has at least three different grid plans. There’s that original kind of shattered shard of Woodward’s plan of threes and sixes. […] And so Detroit in that way is a map of all of those disparate intentions over the years.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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In disbelief. The NYT named Born in Flames one of 100 Notable Books of 2025
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Experimenting with Error: Dan Charnas and I talk about Dilla Time, Detroit, and black geographies. Thank you @antipodeonline.bsky.social for publishing our conversation!

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Author Interview—“Experimenting with Error: A Conversation with Dan Charnas” - Antipode Online
Katherine McKittrick, Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Queen’s University This conversation took place on March 28th at the 2025 AAG annual meeting in Detroit. Many thanks from everyone here at...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Author Interview — “Experimenting with Error” — @demonicgrounds.bsky.social speaks with @dancharnas.bsky.social about his book, “Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm” antipodeonline.org/2025/11/25/c...
Author Interview—“Experimenting with Error: A Conversation with Dan Charnas” - Antipode Online
Katherine McKittrick, Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Queen’s University This conversation took place on March 28th at the 2025 AAG annual meeting in Detroit. Many thanks from everyone here at...
antipodeonline.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love Jimmy Cliff. “Many Rivers to Cross” is the most beautiful song ever written.
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Come to the JHI next year!
✨ Deadline Alert! ✨

Apply for the 2026–27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 1 year fellowship supporting a recent PhD.

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers

📅 Apply by Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 More info: uoft.me/cdh26-27

#digitalhumanities #DH #postdoc #postdoctoral
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Putting @demonicgrounds.bsky.social in conversation with KRS-One has been so generative. So thankful for her insights.
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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as a fan of drinking beer in small glasses i appreciate it when a restaurant or bar serves 8 or 10 ounce drafts in addition to the usual pint
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM