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Ken Wissoker
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Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish.
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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · Nov 7
I was interviewed by Lisa Regan on the The Academic Publishing Podcast about publishing finances -- everything from why a press might want a subvention to why the system as a whole in in big trouble if everyone goes for the free pdf and no one is paying for the books themselves. She had smart Q's!
Ken Wissoker on Finances
Ken Wissoker is Senior Executive Editor at Duke University Press where, since arriving in 1991, he has published over 1400 books. Ken acquires books across the humanities, social sciences, and the art...
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mjsdc.bsky.social
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
anthonymkreis.bsky.social Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1h
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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intellpublics.bsky.social
"The transnational insurgencies [Mohanty] advocates demand a future free of racism, transphobia, and the fascism that threatens us all.” - Angela Y. Davis

Link to register: bit.ly/insurgent_vi...
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
kwissoker.bsky.social
Coming up tomorrow (Monday) night at @intellpublics.bsky.social !! Chandra Mohanty and Linda Alcoff. This is going to be timely, smart, and great. Online with link below!!
intellpublics.bsky.social Intellectual Publics @intellpublics.bsky.social · 3d
"The transnational insurgencies [Mohanty] advocates demand a future free of racism, transphobia, and the fascism that threatens us all.” - Angela Y. Davis

Link to register: bit.ly/insurgent_vi...
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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hnetreviews.bsky.social
New book review:
Heberling on Smith, Jen Rose: _Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic_. Duke University Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20134468
Smith, Jen Rose. Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic. : Duke University Press, 2025. 248 pp. $28.00 (paper), ISBN 9781478031772. Reviewed by Lydia Heberling (California Polytechnic State University) Published on H-Environment (December, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
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December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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inthesetimes.com
Writing “The Red Riviera” in 2005, Ghodsee argued something almost unsayable in the triumphalist post–Cold War moment:

For ordinary people in the former Soviet bloc… capitalism often made life worse.

And she had the data, the interviews, and the stories to back it up.
Kristen Ghodsee is the author of “The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea,” published by Duke University Press.
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Save 30% on "The City of Our Dreaming," which collects the third #AlchemyLectures with contributions from @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
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Cover of The City of Our Dreaming by Laleh Khalili, V. Mitch McEwen, Gabriela Leandro Pereira, & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. With an introduction by Christina Sharpe. The title and authors are in a black capsule shape that is slightly offset in the middle, surrounded by a red background. On the left side the words The Alchemy Lecture appear vertically.
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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allisonvandev.bsky.social
One of my clients has a book in this catalog, and although I can't tell you which one it is without their permission, I can promise you that it's DAZZLING
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d
We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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chicagoreader.com
That debut single was the only one to provoke backlash, but he had a string of regionally successful releases with the precursor to Chess Records. https://bit.ly/3MhAJCs
Bluesman Andrew Tibbs called out white bigotry in 1947 - Chicago Reader
Andrew Tibbs's debut was his only single to provoke racist backlash, but he had a string of regionally successful records through Aristocrat.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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alondra.bsky.social
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
chicagoblacksky.bsky.social Chicago Black Sky @chicagoblacksky.bsky.social · 5d
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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louisathelast.bsky.social
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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zoestodd.bsky.social
The through line with white people extractively claiming to be Indigenous for gain in 🇨🇦 is celebrity distorts+overrides our wave-based collective onto-sovereignties. This is why I refuse to reify concept of ‘the one’ speaking ‘for’ a collective. Pretendians and celebrity are two sides of same coin.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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kmunro-econ.bsky.social
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Our Spring 2026 catalog is out now, featuring #NewBooks by @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@julesboykoff.bsky.social, @jcmezo.bsky.social, @jacobengelberg.bsky.social, @woeser.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @hannobrankamp.bsky.social, and many others! Explore the #NewBooks: bit.ly/3Ki2ha5.
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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samanthapinto.bsky.social
So many exciting books in here— and so excited for @scottsvisor.bsky.social ’s amazing book to be out in the world!
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d
The Spring 2026 catalog is live! We're featuring #NewBooks by @rtrodrig.bsky.social, @beansvelocci.bsky.social, @amynbooks.bsky.social, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, @santiaaurora.bsky.social, and so many more. Check it out now: buff.ly/eJyyixc
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
The Weekly Read is "The Possible Form of an Interlocution" by Nahum Dmitri Chandler, which reflects on the correspondence between W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber. Read the entire book for free now! #sociology #LiteraryStudies
The Possible Form of an Interlocution: W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber in Correspondence
In The Possible Form of an Interlocution, Nahum Dimitri Chandler provides an epistemological and theoretical elaboration of the correspondence between W. E
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December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Nice discussion of Jayna Brown's Black Utopias!
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Our new Spring 2026 catalog features a terrific lineup of #NewBooks by @proteinthebook.bsky.social, @erintorkelson.bsky.social, @scottsvisor, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and many more! Check it out now: buff.ly/ToBoRB7
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Check out our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring titles by @reluctantheologian.bsky.social, @nancyhelicopter.bsky.social, @storti.bsky.social, @emilygdoucet.bsky.social, @iansociologo.bsky.social, @kirisanter.bsky.social, and @biidaasamose.bsky.social, among others! buff.ly/eAbC27z
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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chris-robinson.bsky.social
The Duke University Press spring 2026 catalog is out. No surprise, there's lots of great books in here. And calling all Bad Bunny fans, you're going to want P FKN R. And for Prince and Bowie fans, we've got a book for you too.
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d
We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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iansociologo.bsky.social
Cool to see my book The Business of Racism in the Spring 2026 catalog of @dukepress.bsky.social 👇🏼
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
In "Atomic Bombshells," Isabelle Held examines the effects of military-industrial science and the emergence of synthetic materials such as nylon, silicone, and foams on the female body. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/Ee58UOa
Cover of Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies by Isabelle Held. The cover is a a blue and coral pink duotone of a woman wearing a leotard that depicts a mushroom cloud. She is posing with her hands up and her mouth open in joy. The blue and pink are inverted to create circles around her. The title is written vertical in a large bold yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is in white in the bottom left corner. The author's name is below in yellow.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Here is an interview about my recent book "Architecture and the Right to Heal." Thank you Edith Fikes for this opportunity. @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social @globalcornell.bsky.social

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Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster | Cornell AAP
Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book this fall examining architecture's dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential t...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
The Spring 2026 catalog is live! We're featuring #NewBooks by @rtrodrig.bsky.social, @beansvelocci.bsky.social, @amynbooks.bsky.social, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, @santiaaurora.bsky.social, and so many more. Check it out now: buff.ly/eJyyixc
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social
To this copy editor who includes academic lit among his leisure reads, university and social science press catalogs are like the old Sears Wish Book to my 8-year-old self.
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d
We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM