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Emile Suotonye DeWeaver @emilesdeweaver.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK BOOK LAUNCH:

October 16 @ 6pm

Ghost Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future, Emile Suotonye DeWeaver in conversation with NYU Associate Researcher, Itzel Corona Aguilar.

RSVP TODAY: steinhardt.nyu.edu/events/book-...

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Book Launch | Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine

Join Emile DeWeaver, author of Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future, in conversation with NYU Associate Researcher, Itzel Corona Aguilar.

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The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social · 6d

"A moving glimpse of the struggle for trans kids’ rights." - Read a review of the forthcoming AND THE DRAGONS DO COME in this week's @publisherswkly.bsky.social ow.ly/cCNH50X4FPR

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Goddard Riverside @goddardriverside.bsky.social · 12d

Shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize: Copaganda, by @equalityalec.bsky.social for @thenewpress.bsky.social! Copaganda exposes the cozy relationship between law enforcement agencies and media outlets, revealing how public perception is shaped to favor the police. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Copaganda with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

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Goddard Riverside @goddardriverside.bsky.social · 12d

Pay the People! is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize! Congrats to John Driscoll, Morris Pearl, @patrioticmillionaires.org and @thenewpress.bsky.social. Pay the People! argues that fair wages are beneficial to both the economy and societal well-being. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Pay the People! with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

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Goddard Riverside @goddardriverside.bsky.social · 12d

Protect Your People, by Raj Jayadev for @thenewpress.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice! It explores how communities are working together to combat the injustices of mass incarceration. #GoddardBookPrizes

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 9d

New book alert! #Inequality scholars:, don't miss Chuck Collins' new book: Burned by Billionaires. It's both breezy and fact-filled. "An economy that funnels wealth to billionaires ... fuels division and civil discord."
@inequality.org
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Burned by Billionaires - The New Press

An exposé of the hidden impact of America’s überwealthy on the country’s economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system Even if you don’t begrudge the ultrarich their multiple va...

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The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social · 9d

"A journey back from the dead is illuminated by thrilling, one-of-a-kind encounters." - Read a starred review 🌟 of the newly published DEALING WITH THE DEAD by @mabanckou.bsky.social ow.ly/VWkE50WvEfx

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 13d

Bob Katz on "Organizing America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social). The book presents brisk, capsule biographies of twenty largely under-publicized figures who, against the odds to promote a range of underdog causes, from abolition to union organizing to disarmament.
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Subtext Bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social · 15d

Sometimes, when I'm receiving new arrivals, the books just jump right out of the box and into my hands and then I stop everything I'm doing and read 10 pages and then I buy a new book to bring home. This is one of those times. Congrats on the new book @dskamper.bsky.social @thenewpress.bsky.social!

Who's got the power? By Dave Lamper, published by The New Press

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The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social · 13d

In @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social new work, KING OF THE NORTH, she shows Dr. King's life, legacy, and relationships in a new light. Here she is at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta, discussing his gift for listening.

Book available here:
thenewpress.org/books/king-o...

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The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social · 15d

Read an interview with @mabanckou.bsky.social about his new novel DEALING WITH THE DEAD.

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 15d

In a new #PENTen interview, Alain Mabanckou, acclaimed poet, novelist, and UCLA professor, discusses the dangers of writing, the use of language in crafting meaning—and his newest book, Dealing with the Dead, out now from @thenewpress.bsky.social. See the full interview here: pen.org/alain-mabanc...

A Novel Takes on the Threat of Political Violence

In this PEN Ten interview, Alain Mabanckou discusses the power of literature in a time when government corruption is a dangerous reality.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 15d

In a new #PENTen interview, Alain Mabanckou, acclaimed poet, novelist, and UCLA professor, discusses the dangers of writing, the use of language in crafting meaning—and his newest book, Dealing with the Dead, out now from @thenewpress.bsky.social. See the full interview here: pen.org/alain-mabanc...

A Novel Takes on the Threat of Political Violence

In this PEN Ten interview, Alain Mabanckou discusses the power of literature in a time when government corruption is a dangerous reality.

pen.org

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 29d

So stoked to dig into @schooldaves.bsky.social's upcoming book, As Public As Possible: Radical Finance for America's Public Schools, for an upcoming @humanrestorationproject.org podcast!

Link from publisher, @thenewpress.bsky.social: thenewpress.org/books/as-pub...

Screenshot of cover of As Public As Possible: Radical Finance for America's Public Schools

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 23d

@thenewpress.bsky.social publishes DEALING WITH THE DEAD: A Novel by ALAIN MABANCKOU & translated by Helen Stevenson tomorrow. It's a return to Pointe-Noire in fantasyland form...tackling political violence, history's lies, and cultural stasis. #Booksky
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ALAIN MABANCKOU'S PAGE: DEALING WITH THE DEAD: A Novel, return to Pointe-Noire in fantasyland

DEALING WITH THE DEAD: A Novel ALAIN MABANCKOU (tr. Helen Stevenson) The New Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $24.99 all edi...

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 18d

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress.bsky.social on Dec. 2 🗓️

Pre-order your copy right now: www.beyondplastics.org/problem-with...

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 16d

THIS WEEK IN HELL!

TUESDAY at 10AM CDT:

Bronwen Everill is author of, "Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).

WEDNESDAY at 11AM CDT:

Jessica Field, author of, "Eviction: A Social History of Rent" (@versobooks.bsky.social).

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THIS WEEK IN HELL! Africonomics and Eviction | This Is Hell!

Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social · 18d

"An impactful read." - @mabanckou.bsky.social's new novel DEALING WITH THE DEAD "combines magical realism, horror, and literary fiction." Read a review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social ow.ly/Fwg750WiGca

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Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm writing a new book called "The Myth that Shareholders are Investors," under contract with @thenewpress.bsky.social

in it I get to tell a lot of stories about how this myth-- that sharetrading automatically means that productive stuff happens-- is *everywhere*

pls send me interesting examples

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The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Mabanckou writes with equal doses of whimsy and descriptiveness, creating a hero’s journey told backward." - Read a starred review 🌟 of the forthcoming DEALING WITH THE DEAD by @mabanckou.bsky.social in the new issue of Kirkus Reviews ow.ly/VWkE50WvEfx

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Manan Ahmed @sepoy.bsky.social · Jul 28

Delighted to find *Disrupted City* on the longlist for the Cundill History Prize 2025 www.cundillprize.com/news/the-202...

covers of 15 longlisted Cundhill History Prize

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · Jul 21

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress.bsky.social on Dec. 2.🗓️ But you can pre-order your copy right now🖱️at: www.beyondplastics.org/problem-with... #toxicplastic #planetorplastic #environmentaljustice

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Natasha Hakimi Zapata @natashakimiz.bsky.social · Jul 3

Beyond thrilled to announce ANOTHER CITY IS POSSIBLE (a follow up of sorts to my first book on progressive policies through a more local lens) is forthcoming from @thenewpress.bsky.social ! So grateful to Marc Favreau, Rob McQuilkin, and everyone at The New Press and MMQALit.

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M.A.Orthofer @maorthofer.bsky.social · Jul 3

In the mail: nice duo from @thenewpress.bsky.social ARC of Alain Mabanckou's 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 (9/2025 (already out in the UK) thenewpress.org/books/dealin...) and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o' on 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 thenewpress.org/books/decolo...

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · Jun 15

By the way, @thenewpress.bsky.social just offered a 30% discount for my book, which Publishers Weekly called “an enlightening roundup of the long tradition of resistance within America’s armed forces.” Coupon code TNP30.

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I Ain’t Marching Anymore - The New Press

A sweeping history of the passionate men and women in uniform who have bravely and courageously exercised the power of dissent Before the U.S. Constitution had even been signed, soldiers and new vete...

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · Jun 14

It occurred to someone else that this book might be relevant now, @thenewpress.bsky.social

Empress JenX @jend70.bsky.social · Jun 14

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I Ain’t Marching Anymore - The New Press

A sweeping history of the passionate men and women in uniform who have bravely and courageously exercised the power of dissent Before the U.S. Constitution had even been signed, soldiers and new vete...

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