Ken Wissoker
@kwissoker.bsky.social
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
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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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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!
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There is an absolute fucking scandal going down at The New School, wherein at appears that the university is funnelling to a MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL’S BOARD while purging faculty and staff.
This should be headline news.
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This should be headline news.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There is an absolute fucking scandal going down at The New School, wherein at appears that the university is funnelling to a MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL’S BOARD while purging faculty and staff.
This should be headline news.
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This should be headline news.
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I woke up a year ago 100% certain that I had to make a documentary about the Winston Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party. So I did.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I woke up a year ago 100% certain that I had to make a documentary about the Winston Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party. So I did.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
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The Weekly Read is "Fassbinder's Fascist Drag" by Fatima Naqvi. The article appears in "Rainer Werner Fassbinder" a special issue of New German Critique focused on the filmmaker. Read it for free through 2/28/26: buff.ly/SbDrHJz
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Weekly Read is "Fassbinder's Fascist Drag" by Fatima Naqvi. The article appears in "Rainer Werner Fassbinder" a special issue of New German Critique focused on the filmmaker. Read it for free through 2/28/26: buff.ly/SbDrHJz
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I’ve been posting daily notes of gratitude, one for each month of last year. This past March 2025, I read Dr. Rinaldo Walcott’s brilliant essay “Towards Another Shape of This World” from the book ‘Borders, Human Itineraries, and All Our Relation/The Alchemy Lectures’
💐for @blacklikewho.bsky.social
💐for @blacklikewho.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve been posting daily notes of gratitude, one for each month of last year. This past March 2025, I read Dr. Rinaldo Walcott’s brilliant essay “Towards Another Shape of This World” from the book ‘Borders, Human Itineraries, and All Our Relation/The Alchemy Lectures’
💐for @blacklikewho.bsky.social
💐for @blacklikewho.bsky.social
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In "The Violence of Protection," Lee Ann S. Wang shows how legal protections offered to immigrant and undocumented Asian American survivors of gender and sexual violence harm the communities they claim to protect. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/sAMeGMF
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In "The Violence of Protection," Lee Ann S. Wang shows how legal protections offered to immigrant and undocumented Asian American survivors of gender and sexual violence harm the communities they claim to protect. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/sAMeGMF
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How fascism works
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
How fascism works
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Making sure a Variety editor knows that a chia pet ad ended up airing in prime time on WCBS is a god tier level of knife twisting.
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
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Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Making sure a Variety editor knows that a chia pet ad ended up airing in prime time on WCBS is a god tier level of knife twisting.
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The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
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Loving Black Boys is available for presale!!
For 30% off, please use the code E26LOMAX.
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For 30% off, please use the code E26LOMAX.
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Loving Black Boys: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering
www.dukeupress.edu
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Loving Black Boys is available for presale!!
For 30% off, please use the code E26LOMAX.
@dukepress.bsky.social
For 30% off, please use the code E26LOMAX.
@dukepress.bsky.social
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NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
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Trump lackeys tried to gin up evidence against UCLA. UC system honchos were too afraid to put up full resistance. The @aaup.org stepped in and filed a suit that had the judge come down on the Trump lackeys like a ton of bricks. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Trump lackeys tried to gin up evidence against UCLA. UC system honchos were too afraid to put up full resistance. The @aaup.org stepped in and filed a suit that had the judge come down on the Trump lackeys like a ton of bricks. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Books in brief review: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds) @paulodrinot @DukePress #Peru #politics #nationalism #history #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/andean-sis...
Andean Sisyphus
Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Books in brief: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds), by Gavin O'Toole
latamrob.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Books in brief review: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds) @paulodrinot @DukePress #Peru #politics #nationalism #history #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/andean-sis...
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Settler colonialism oppresses every aspect of Mapuche life—including sound. Books in brief review: Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference, Luis E Cárcamo-Huechante @DukePress #Chile #Argentina #Mapuche #SoundStudies #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/the-noise-...
The noise of liberation
Settler colonialism oppresses every aspect of Mapuche life—including sound. Books in brief: Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference, Luis E Cárcamo-Huechante, by Gavin O'Toole
latamrob.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Settler colonialism oppresses every aspect of Mapuche life—including sound. Books in brief review: Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference, Luis E Cárcamo-Huechante @DukePress #Chile #Argentina #Mapuche #SoundStudies #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/the-noise-...
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In "Curating Deviance," Marc Francis rekindles queer utopian imaginaries by studying how, from the 1960s to 1980s, a cadre of programmers and art house theaters brought together a dizzying array of deviant films to create a queer repertory film canon. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/PTjtgDs
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In "Curating Deviance," Marc Francis rekindles queer utopian imaginaries by studying how, from the 1960s to 1980s, a cadre of programmers and art house theaters brought together a dizzying array of deviant films to create a queer repertory film canon. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/PTjtgDs
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Looking for a book for the music lover in your life? We’ve got you covered. With a wide selection of music writing, we’ll have the perfect gift
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December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Looking for a book for the music lover in your life? We’ve got you covered. With a wide selection of music writing, we’ll have the perfect gift
Browse more: buff.ly/FEDRIRi
@dukepress.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
#GiftGuide
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Bay Area People! One month from tomorrow I'll be at City Lights Books, talking Art History, Kink, and Queerness with my bestie Jarrett Earnest ( and also signing books) please come and see us! @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
Nayland Blake in conversation with Jarrett Earnest | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
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December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bay Area People! One month from tomorrow I'll be at City Lights Books, talking Art History, Kink, and Queerness with my bestie Jarrett Earnest ( and also signing books) please come and see us! @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
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Thanks for including "Speculative Light" and "After Caliban" on this great list!
While 2025 might be drawing to a close, the art books we read this year — from Imani Perry’s “Black in Blues” to “Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury” — will stay with us for a long time to come.
Our Favorite Art Books of 2025
This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering.
hyperallergic.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thanks for including "Speculative Light" and "After Caliban" on this great list!
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The Alchemy Lectures are some beautiful books. Highly recommend @dukepress.bsky.social
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December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Alchemy Lectures are some beautiful books. Highly recommend @dukepress.bsky.social
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Hello, it’s me: the person who is about to launch book two and racing to wrap up book three 😬
Pleased to report I hit 50K today and I am feeling good
I think *The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic* might be a banger 👀
(Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social!)
Pleased to report I hit 50K today and I am feeling good
I think *The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic* might be a banger 👀
(Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social!)
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hello, it’s me: the person who is about to launch book two and racing to wrap up book three 😬
Pleased to report I hit 50K today and I am feeling good
I think *The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic* might be a banger 👀
(Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social!)
Pleased to report I hit 50K today and I am feeling good
I think *The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic* might be a banger 👀
(Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social!)
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In "Protein," Samantha King and Gavin Weedon trace how protein moves through food systems and fitness cultures, strengthening some bodies and environments at the expense of others. Read the intro to @proteinthebook.bsky.social for free now! @proteinthebook.bsky.social buff.ly/6N115oP
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In "Protein," Samantha King and Gavin Weedon trace how protein moves through food systems and fitness cultures, strengthening some bodies and environments at the expense of others. Read the intro to @proteinthebook.bsky.social for free now! @proteinthebook.bsky.social buff.ly/6N115oP
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Save 30% on #NewBook "The Invention of Order," in which Don Thomas Deere retraces the colonial origins of spatial organization in the Americas and the Caribbean and its lasting impact on modern structures of knowledge, power, race, and gender. #LatinAmStudies #PostcolonialTheory buff.ly/G60iAfG
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Save 30% on #NewBook "The Invention of Order," in which Don Thomas Deere retraces the colonial origins of spatial organization in the Americas and the Caribbean and its lasting impact on modern structures of knowledge, power, race, and gender. #LatinAmStudies #PostcolonialTheory buff.ly/G60iAfG
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Join us as we “reflect on what bringing abolitionist and ant- imperial geographies together in post-socialist contexts can do. Just as global capital connections mapped the Siliconizing moment, other connections scaffold the very possibilities of unbecoming Silicon Valley.”
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join us as we “reflect on what bringing abolitionist and ant- imperial geographies together in post-socialist contexts can do. Just as global capital connections mapped the Siliconizing moment, other connections scaffold the very possibilities of unbecoming Silicon Valley.”
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"Lyric beyond Containment," a special issue of differences edited by Sarah Dowling and Claire Grandy, is now available. View the TOC, read the intro, and "The Americanity of the 'American Lyric',"all freely available: buff.ly/3RkT2Hv
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Lyric beyond Containment," a special issue of differences edited by Sarah Dowling and Claire Grandy, is now available. View the TOC, read the intro, and "The Americanity of the 'American Lyric',"all freely available: buff.ly/3RkT2Hv
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"In sum, Guariglia’s book is an important contribution to the history of policing, setting a standard about how to highlight the crucial role of race and ethnicity for future research." @sarahfren.bsky.social on @mguariglia.bsky.social's Police and the Empire City
Policing NYC: A Review of “Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York”
Guariglia, Matthew. Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing. Duke University Press, 2023. Editor’s note: In the interest of full disclosure, Matthew Guariglia form…
themetropole.blog
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"In sum, Guariglia’s book is an important contribution to the history of policing, setting a standard about how to highlight the crucial role of race and ethnicity for future research." @sarahfren.bsky.social on @mguariglia.bsky.social's Police and the Empire City
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A new analysis found that 80% of 45 anti-trans groups in the U.S. have received funding from fossil fuel companies or billionaires, including Shell and Anschutz.
www.ehn.org/fossil-f...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Fossil fuel wealth fuels surge in anti-trans legislation, new analysis shows - EHN
A recent investigation reveals that most major anti-trans organizations in the U.S. receive financial support from fossil fuel interests, intertwining climate obstruction with attacks on LGBTQIA+ rights.Yessenia Funes reports for HEATED and Atmos.In short:A new analysis found that 80% of 45 anti-tra...
www.ehn.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A new analysis found that 80% of 45 anti-trans groups in the U.S. have received funding from fossil fuel companies or billionaires, including Shell and Anschutz.
www.ehn.org/fossil-f...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.ehn.org/fossil-f...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA