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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 3m

What happens to the world itself after someone dies?

A DEATH OF THE WORLD explores grief not just as personal loss, but as a transformation of space, time, and meaning for the survivor.

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#ContemporaryContinentalPhilosophy #DeathandDying

SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 6h

Rediscover Manhattan from the water’s edge! In our latest Author Q&A, William J. Hennessey talks about his new book ALONG THE HUDSON, which guides readers through eight fascinating walking tours along the city’s western waterfront.

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#NYHistoryMonth

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks to @waucongress.bsky.social for inviting me to join this meaningful conversation, in an attempt to respond to questions posed by children in China--these questions are thought-provoking and hard to answer, but we must try!
youtu.be/4VnQgN85dHM?... @sunypress.bsky.social #time #inequalities

从时间继承的角度尝试回应「那些我们无法回答的孩子的提问」--世界人类学联盟访问 An attempt to respond to questions from children in China

YouTube video by 许博士看学术Dr Xu Gazing at Academia

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Rumpole of the Bayou @rumpolebayou.bsky.social · 4d

This looks interesting

SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 4d

CHARLOTTE BRONTË AT THE ANTHROPOCENE reveals how Charlotte Brontë quietly chronicled the dawn of the Anthropocene, witnessing extinction, deforestation, and industrial upheaval through moorlands, villages, and valleys.

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Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 3d

I note the paperback is available online at an unusually reasonable price for an academic book, thanks to the @sunypress.bsky.social approach to marketing and pricing its books!

Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 4d

Killing Children in British Fiction has now been out in the world for one whole year! Very grateful to everyone who has bought it, read it, reviewed it, or shared their responses to it.

Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · Jan 21

My book, Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit, is now out from @sunypress.bsky.social.

'An authoritative, acute, and insightful book...makes a powerful case for child killing as an index of our times' - @bobeaglestone.bsky.social.

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2d

Lookie!
A very generous review of Tracking Capital by new star @drdominicdean.bsky.social

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Tracking capital: World-systems, world-ecology, world-culture: Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 1d

This week’s #StaffPick is from Jenn Bennett, Manager, Training, Development & Services. GASLIGHTING is a collection of new and foundational essays exploring concepts and experiences of gaslighting from philosophical perspectives, exposing the true meaning of the word.

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 4d

New in paperback in December, BEYOND EMANCIPATION explores maroons in Black lit—Douglass, Jacobs, Delany & more—revealing quiet acts of resistance.

By centering "small acts" of resistance, Sean Gerrity invites us to rethink where freedom lives.

#ForthcomingFriday #LookItUP tinyurl.com/5n73dhdw

SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 4d

Step into the rich world of urban pasts — no travel required! Visit our #UHA2025 virtual booth and save 30% using code SUHA25 through November 12, 2025.

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#UrbanHistory #HistoryLovers #CityStories #UrbanStudies

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 4d

From the Stó:lō Nation in British Columbia to the Shawnee and Miami tribes in Oklahoma, Ohio, and Indiana, REPLANTING CULTURES offers powerful case studies and practical models for ethical, community-driven scholarship.

#ASE2025 #ReadUP tinyurl.com/mrbeumt5

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 4d

CHARLOTTE BRONTË AT THE ANTHROPOCENE reveals how Charlotte Brontë quietly chronicled the dawn of the Anthropocene, witnessing extinction, deforestation, and industrial upheaval through moorlands, villages, and valleys.

#MSA2025 #ReadUP tinyurl.com/y5tcayh5

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 5d

#ASE2025 visit our virtual booth to explore new & recent titles in #ethnohistory and save 30% with code SASET25 through November 12, 2025.

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 5d

Today's guest blog post comes courtesy of Roy Grundmann, whose new book On Shoreless Sea: The MS St. Louis Refugee Ship in History, Film, and Popular Memory is now available at 30% off with code SWEB1025. sunypress.edu/Blog/2025/Cl...
#blogpost #ReadUP #holocauststudies #filmstudies

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 5d

I recently said on here that alchemy gets a bad name & would that we all dreamt so big as to try to create magic from the shreds & scraps of our present--& I meant it. Occultist hive, rise up! The Alchemy of Research-Creation, forthcoming from
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The Alchemy of Research-Creation
On Pataphysical Experimentation, Dark Infrastructures, and Antifascist Studio Practices
By Tyson E. Lewis
By Peter B. Hyland

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 5d

Worth repeating: "University presses are essential infrastructure for the humanities & should be financially supported in the same way that other higher education inter-institutional infrastructure is." Some powerful examples here:

Institutions and funders must recognize the contributions of university presses to the humanities infrastructure (opinion)

Recognizing the university press community’s essential contributions to that infrastructure will be crucial as institutions and funders plan for the future, write Charles Watkinson and Melissa Pitts.

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 5d

"… Anzaldúa plays wonderfully on the theme of hybridity throughout, blending realism and fantasy, fiction and memoir, and human and animal. This radiates with joy." — Publishers Weekly

Take 30% off Prieta is Dreaming (Nov.) with code SWEB1025 when you preorder this month! tinyurl.com/5d5749sn

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 5d

Calling all scholars, students, and lovers of #Modernism!

Visit our virtual #MSA2025 booth & save 30% with code SMSA25 through November 12, 2025.

Whether you're diving into T. S. Eliot, exploring poetry, or unpacking critical theory, there's something for everyone.

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Chrystal A. George Mwangi @drchrystalgm.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for sharing this moment @sunypress.bsky.social! We are so glad that (Re)Framing College Access by and with Communities of Color: Our Knowledge, Our Process, Our Choice is out in the world!

SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

(Re)Framing College Access by and with Communities of Color: Our Knowledge, Our Process, Our Choice is now available in paperback! Here's a fun video of coeditors
@drchrystalgm.bsky.social and Yedalis Ruíz Santana unboxing their copies! #happyauthors #ReadUP

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 7d

How exciting! Order the paperback version of 'The Time Inheritors' now! Get 30% off with code SNPF25 when you order at tinyurl.com/mr38ap2s

SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

Cora Lingling Xu's The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China is now available in paperback! Take 30% off with code SNPF25 when you order at tinyurl.com/mr38ap2s.
@coralinglingxu.bsky.social
#newinpaperback #ReadUP

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

(Re)Framing College Access by and with Communities of Color: Our Knowledge, Our Process, Our Choice is now available in paperback! Here's a fun video of coeditors
@drchrystalgm.bsky.social and Yedalis Ruíz Santana unboxing their copies! #happyauthors #ReadUP

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

Forthcoming in November: From the Millpond to the Sea offers Akiko Busch's personal narrative, which considers the ecological, social, and human interests around dams in New York's Hudson River Valley. Save 30% this month with code SWEB1025 at tinyurl.com/zh8dnmmh.
#ReadUP #HudsonValley #NewYork

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

New in paperback INQUIRING INTO BEING explores the poetic and scientific genius of #Parmenides, whose vision of being shaped Western thought.

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#AncientGreekPhilosophy

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

We are very sad to learn of the passing of Debra A. Castillo, who was a longtime author and editor of numerous books, and currently coeditor of the series Genders in the Global South. She will be terribly missed. tinyurl.com/heffamhe

‘A Tremendous Loss’: Prof. Debra Castillo Dies After 40 Years at Cornell

Prof. Debra Castillo, comparative literature and Emerson Hinchliff professor of Hispanic Studies, died over the weekend, according to an email.

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

Árni Heimir Ingólfsson discusses his book Music at World's End: Three Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/3amakkbs. #podcast #music

Árni Heimir Ingólfsson, "Music at World's End: Three Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland" (SUNY Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 7d

Cora Lingling Xu's The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China is now available in paperback! Take 30% off with code SNPF25 when you order at tinyurl.com/mr38ap2s.
@coralinglingxu.bsky.social
#newinpaperback #ReadUP

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