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For this week’s episode of Radio ReOrient (from @reorient.bsky.social ) we spoke to Hatem Bazian and Ismail Patel about the mechanics of resistance. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ Why do we protest? To find out, listen in via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts.πŸŽ™οΈ

Jummah Mubarak from Radio ReOrient! πŸ’šπŸŒ™

31.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A banner showing the cover of β€œBabygirl, You’ve Got This”. Examining how Black girls and women experience education in England from primary school to university. Features unique qualitative data.

A banner showing the cover of β€œBabygirl, You’ve Got This”. Examining how Black girls and women experience education in England from primary school to university. Features unique qualitative data.

In β€œBabygirl, You've Got This!”, April-Louise Pennant delves into the experiences of #BlackGirls and #BlackWomen in the English #Education system.

Find out more about the book or listen to the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with the author:

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30.10.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A banner showing the cover of β€œBlack Oot Here” and the quote: β€œA rigorously researched, kaleidoscopic chronicle of Black lives in Scotland […] rightly joins the canon of Black Feminist literature”. Quote by Leah Cowan, author of Border Nation.

A banner showing the cover of β€œBlack Oot Here” and the quote: β€œA rigorously researched, kaleidoscopic chronicle of Black lives in Scotland […] rightly joins the canon of Black Feminist literature”. Quote by Leah Cowan, author of Border Nation.

With β€œBlack Oot Here”, @francescasobande.bsky.social and layla-roxanne hill offer a snapshot of what it mean to be #BlackScottish today.

Find out more about the book or listen to the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode with the authors:

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#BlackOotHere

30.10.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. @eramalam.bsky.social unpacks 60 years of US medical care history & physician recruitment policies, in πŸ“š In The Care of Foreigners.
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30.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Howβ€˜s your #TBR stack? (Mine’s getting tall.) But good news #book friends - we have a podcast episode or newsletter feature for you on everything pictured here. Find the Academic Life everywhere you get #podcasts and
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30.10.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out this interview with author Peter D. Blackmer by Michael Stauch of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!

30.10.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Blair, Podcast Episode Β· New Books in Early Modern History Β· 10/30/2025 Β· 51m

This new @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Early Modern History podcast episode about Prof. John Blair's "Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World" Β (@princetonupress.bsky.social) doesn't suck - but some of those whom it is about did. πŸ§›πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ #Booksky

30.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nora Kenworthy, "Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare" (MIT Press, 2024) - New Books Network

I had such a great time talking to Miranda Melcher of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book this week!

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30.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with 2025 Governor General Literary Award finalist Farah Ghafoor about her poetry collection, Shadow Price (House of Anansi)β€” the poetry that single-handedly made me interested in economics. (I know I know.)

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30.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Stephen C Mercado (β€œJapanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito’s Scientists & Technicians Served in the 2nd World War & the Cold War”) @penswordbooks asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

30.10.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Hector Vera, "Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in America" (Vanderbilt UP, 2025) - New Books Network

Interview with Miranda Melcher on "Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in America". New Books Network
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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29.10.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ada Ferrer, "Cuba: An American History" (Scribner, 2021) - New Books Network

HAHR author Ada Ferrer discusses the history of Cuba on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. newbooksnetwork.com/cuba

29.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with Zilla Jones about her novel, The World So Wide (Cormorant Books, 2025). We talk mixed-race identity, Zilla’s path to writing this remarkable debut, and the most controversial element of this story.

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28.10.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Greg Soden, "Unscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi (2020-2025)" (Earth Island Books, 2025) - New Books Network

Delighted to be featured on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the book! I have hosted over 200 NBN episodes myself so to be the one interviewed is a real thrill!

Listen: newbooksnetwork.com/unscripted-m...

28.10.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social πŸŽ§πŸ‘‡

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28.10.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network

Listen! @timb-m.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the excellent "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" newbooksnetwork.com/critical-games

28.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia’s National Indigenous Languages Survey In this podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Zoe Avery, a Worimi woman and a Research Officer at the Centre for Australian Languages within the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Stra…

New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: Alex Grey speaks with Zoe Avery (AIATSIS) about the 4th National Indigenous Languages Survey
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28.10.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jesse Rodenbiker, "Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China" (Cornell UP, 2023) - New Books Network

Jesse Rodenbiker, author of ECOLOGICAL STATES, joined the #NewBooksNetwork Podcast for an insightful conversation. Listen here:
newbooksnetwork.com/ecological-s...
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27.10.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to find out more about Critical Games? About how games can get serious, whether played by academics or by authors of fiction and non-fiction? Listen to this new @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about my book. @manchesterup.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social

27.10.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you missed this great conversation, tune in now to hear host Shreya Urvashi interview
@loleenberdahl.bsky.social, Jonathan Malloy, and Lisa Young, authors of FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: REIMAGINING ARTS GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES.
https://bit.ly/4mh79t6

@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social‬

27.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tyler Jost, "Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation" (Cambridge UP, 2024) - New Books Network

🚨 New podcast interview! 🚨

Check out Bureaucracies at War author, Tyler Jost, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, hosted by Eleonora Mattiacci

#PoliSci πŸ—ΊοΈ

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27.10.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daniel J. Sherman, "Sensations: French Archaeology Between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network Support H-Net | Buy Books Here | Join the NBN and NBN en EspaΓ±ol on Patreon | Visit New Books Network en EspaΓ±ol!

@djshistorian.bsky.social discusses his new book, SENSATIONS, with @skmiles.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!

27.10.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
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27.10.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet Us at the On BS Book Talk Get 70% off on Princeton UP books

Don't miss las week's newsletter! Princeton UP Sale and On BS | Alternative Angles: Memory | Peter Rutland on George Orwell | Meet the Press: Brandeis University Press

@brandeispress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
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27.10.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network

Such a pleasure to talk with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about my book, Criticsl Games for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Do have a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/critical-games

25.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jeanelle K. Hope and Bill V. Mullen, "The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back from Anti-Lynching to Abolition" (Haymarket Books, 2024) by New Books in African American Studies An interview with Jeanelle K. Hope and Bill V. Mullen

The Black Antifascist Tradition | Jeanelle K Hope and Bill V Mullen | @haymarketbooks.org @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social megaphone.link/NBNK7472069933

25.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are so glad to see another book about how to overcome economic inequality. The new Upriver Press book, "Inequality by Design," shows the problems and solutions for US readers. More at: www.upriverpress.com/home/inequal...
#books #economics @blueskybooks.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

24.10.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a thrill for me to speak w/ Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu about her exquisite novel, The Creation of Half Broken People, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

We talk intertextuality & how Siphiwe’s novel plays into the tradition of gothic lit & also, subverts it.

newbooksnetwork.com/the-creation...

24.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network

This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...

24.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Friday so it’s time for another new episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social πŸŽ™οΈ

This one is the second part of our conversation with Professor Sherman Jackson. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/132-sherman-... πŸ’š

24.10.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@newbooksnetwork is following 20 prominent accounts