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Can Black Neighborhoods Be Saved From Public Housing?

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 5h

Thrilled to see "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing" by Howard A. Husock spotlighted in @WSJ.com's Upward Mobility column.

The book explores how urban renewal dismantled flourishing Black communities and why remaining projects hinder progress.

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No one is building new projects, but the old ones that remain keep residents trapped in poverty.

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Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social · 1d

Next Wednesday! @nyupress.bsky.social

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New Village Press @newvillagepress.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing the official release of ArtMill by Barbara Benish! 🎉

Lauded as a "masterpiece of scholarship, sensibility and storytelling," by Sally Jo Fifer, ArtMill speaks to how art can shine a way forward in even the darkest times.

Order now through @nyupress.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4nfzJMo

The self-appointed cowboy messiah

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 1d

“@drrachelwagner.bsky.social names two foundational influences behind this cowboy messiah ideology: Christian apocalypticism and American frontier mythology.”

– @amarpeterman.bsky.social reviews Cowboy Apocalypse

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Rachel Wagner traces the way frontier fantasies and apocalyptic faith fuel today’s gun-obsessed...

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 1d

Today, we're celebrating the release of "Five Star White Trash" by Georgiann Davis!

With unflinching candor and dark humor, Davis tells her ‘stranger-than-fiction’ story from seventh-grade dropout to celebrated professor in this deeply moving memoir.

Check it out!

Five Star White Trash

A Memoir of Fraud and Family by Georgiann Davis

Look Inside Pioneers of Latino Ministry

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 2d

We're honored to celebrate this new release tomorrow, "Pioneers of Latino Ministry" by Deborah E. Kanter.

This book traces the history of the Claretian Missionaries and their influence on Latino Catholics, offering a vital portrait of unexplored Catholic American history.

Learn more:

Claretians and the Evolving World of Catholic America by Deborah E. Kanter

Publisher of academic books and electronic media publishing for general interest and in a wide variety of fields.

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 2d

In 2020, the homicide rate spiked by its largest margin in recorded history. Author James Tuttle explores the phenomenon on the blog.

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A Total Stranger Told Me I Was 'Killing Myself' By Being Fat. Now I've Lost Weight — And Here's The Harsh Truth.

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 5d

New from @huffpost.com, Georgiann Davis writes about being intersex in a country that denies she exists, and fat in a medical system that's been violating her body since age 14.

Her memoir "Five Star White Trash" comes out next Tuesday,

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"The pressure was relentless – to fix, shrink and manage a body that medicine had always treated as a problem to solve."

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 6d

"Should I lie to my students?"

Intersex professor and author Georgiann Davis asks what we're all thinking as educators face firing for teaching scientific reality. New from the L.A. Times, welcome to the politics of erasure.

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A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

Organize or Burn: Movement Politics in New York City DSA

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 6d

Join Fabian Holt as he explores the rise of NYC-DSA in "Organize or Burn" on Oct 8th. The book delves into the evolution of socialist movements and their climate initiatives.

Featuring insights from Liza Featherstone and NYC-DSA organizers.

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Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory in June brought a new level of attention to New York City DSA, but much of the media conversation focuses on Mamdani’s persona. Fabian Holt’s book Organize or Burn…

2025 Gotham Book Prize FinalistThe 2024 Victorian Society Book of the YearMeet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough thr...

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 6d

Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough through their search for social justice.

Discover more about this 2025 Gotham Book Prize Finalist!

prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 6d

“This is a story of land, home, labor, of New Yorkers past, and the legacy they left us. This is the story of Brooklyn.”

Brooklynites @nyupress.bsky.social came out a year (+1 week) ago. It honors ordinary New Yorkers organizing for better worlds & futures, & is one of hope rebrand.ly/brooklynites

Brooklynites

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Setha Low on Public Spaces - Social Science Space

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 7d

Setha Low, author of "Beach Politics," recently appeared on the Social Science Bites podcast, diving into the essence and accessibility of public spaces.

In conversation, Low argues for the societal value and role of these spaces in fostering cultural growth.

Listen here:

Having been raised in Los Angeles, a place with vast swathes of single-family homes connected by freeways, arriving in Costa Rica was […]

Should lab animals have rights? - LSE Review of Books

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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 7d

NEW✨ Should lab animals have rights?

A Mouse in a Cage by Carrie Friese @lsesociology.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social explores the #ethical challenges of using #animals in scientific #research.

#Review by Luciano Magaldi Sardella.

A Mouse in a Cage by Carrie Friese explores the ethical challenges of using lab animals in scientific research.

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 7d

"The Great Miscalculation" by Michael M. Greenburg has been awarded a Distinguished Favorite by the NYC Big Book Award this year in Nonfiction.

Learn more about the riveting story behind an engineering crisis here:

The Great Miscalculation

The Race to Save New York City's Citicorp Tower

Mobilizing Black Women Voters

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 8d

Morgan State University will be hosting their very own Dr. Menika Dirkson at this installment of the AAAD & CLA Intellectual Life Committee Book Talk Series!

Join them on Thursday, October 9th, to learn more about Dirkson's recent work, "Hope and Struggle in the Policed City."

NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 8d

Explore how Black Girls Vote used celebrations of community to increase voter turnout in "Party at the Ballot Box: Mobilizing Black Women Voters" by authors Melissa R. Michelson, Stephanie L. DeMora, and Sarah V. Hayes.

Now available everywhere!

Party at the Ballot Box

Does corporate sustainability count for anything? - LSE Review of Books

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 9d

A nice review of #Unsustainable in the @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social. Thanks to Evelyn Langford for a generous and engaged review!

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Matthew Archer’s Unsustainable critiques frameworks that measure corporate sustainability and how market-driven reporting shirks environmental responsibility.

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 12d

Our author, Adam Ferziger, joins the Haaretz Podcast to discuss soul-searching during the High Holidays as Israel faces war and division.

A timely listen on faith, humility, and bridge-building.

Listen here:

Have American Jews pushed Israel toward extremism or moderation?

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Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · 13d

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
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YouTube video by Glucksman Ireland House NYU

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for the spotlight, TAMUCT!

Want to learn more about how American soldiers helped define what it meant to be a citizen?

Check out Herrera's work here: nyupress.org/978147986790...

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled to see "In God's Image" by Tomer Persico was reviewed by The New Criterion!

The editors note the book's exploration of the journey from ancient theology to modern individualism, revealing deep roots of religious freedom and human rights.

Read it here:

“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors

On Horace, religious freedom, treasures from the Holy Land, house museums, rare books & more from the world of culture.