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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Apologies for posting all over the place about this, but I'm not the book-prize-winning type, so this is kind of special. Thanks to everyone who supported me in writing this book and getting it out into the world. americanethnologist.org/news/2026-se...

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2026 AES Senior Book Prize Winners Announced! - American Ethnological Society

by Danilyn Rutherford

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anthropology is under attack. It would be laughable if it weren't for the muscle behind this stupidity. I was happy to be asked to contribute an essay to this collection -- a good place to put my rage -- and to read my colleagues' powerful interventions. www.anthropology-news.org/topics/anthr...

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So honored to read from Beautiful Mystery in the company of this great group of performers, writers, filmmakers, and ethnographers! If you're in Atlanta, join us. @dukepress.bsky.social Register at forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So excited to talk about Gather with my wonderful colleagues, Ashanté Reese (the author of this beautiful, important book), and Anand Pandian (the author of Something Between Us). This is our third conversation! Buy Gather if you haven't. And register to join us! sarweb.org/date/gather-...

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Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness - School for Advanced Research

Book talk: Author Ashanté Reese will be joined in discussion by colleagues Danilyn Rutherford, president of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhowe...

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This Wednesday, September 2, you're invited to Coffewar in Jakarta to hear @danilynrutherford.bsky.social, author of “Beautiful Mystery,” in conversation with Andamar Pradipa, Tony Rudyansjah, and Dadi Darmadi. buff.ly/FlsJPKV

Cover of Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World by Danilyn Rutherford. Features an image of the author and her daughter treated with a colorful gradient, giving it a blueish tone. The beach and a house are visible in the background.

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

At Wenner-Gren, we're accepting proposals for Symposia! If you'd like to be considered as the organizer of a Foundation-hosted meeting, we'd love to hear from you. wennergren.org/article/call...

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Call for Proposals: Wenner-Gren Symposium Spring 2028

The Wenner-Gren Foundation is now accepting proposals for our Spring 2028 symposium.

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

II'll be in Canberra on August 31 to talk about disability, signatures, and what it means to be a political actor. And Beautiful Mystery. Thanks, Cate Frieman and Carly Schuster - I’m so honored and excited! genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/events/2026-... genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/events/2026-...

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2026 Anthony Forge Memorial Lecture: "Just Sign for Her" - Proprioception and Consent | Gender Institute

This upcoming lecture is co-sponsored by the ANU Gender Institute and the School of Archaeology and Anthropology and is free to attend. Register your attendance through Humanitix to stay up to date wi...

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

July is Disability Pride Month! Check out our most recent titles in disability studies, including books by @danilynrutherford.bsky.social, @perryzurn.bsky.social, & @jmcmaster29.bsky.social. buff.ly/fQbSwei

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Embodied WUNC @embodiedwunc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

NEW EPISODE: How do you care for someone you struggle to communicate with & can never fully understand?⁠ ⁠ That's the question @danilynrutherford.bsky.social has been wrestling with for decades — ever since it became clear that her daughter would never speak, sign or use symbols to express herself.⁠

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Very excited to have had a chance to talk to Anita Rao on Embodied. And the episode is out (and airing) today! @dukepress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... pod.link/1525727534/e...

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How A Mother Learned To Connect Without Language

Podcast Episode · Embodied · May 7 · 50m

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Less than a week away! Thanks again, Kim Locke, Vicki Brennan, and Jeanne Shea. So excited to be getting back to Vermont!

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Beautiful Mystery is coming to Vermont Thanks to my beloved cousin, Kim Locke, and the wonderful scholars, Vicki Brennan and Jeanne Shea for making this happen. We'll be talking about my book on Wednesday, May 6, 5-7 pm at South Burlington Library. @dukepress.bsky.social

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Rima Praspaliauskiene @begoniavasa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

“Any time I had a concept, I had to buy it with a story” writewhatyoulike.substack.com/p/interview-... @danilynrutherford.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social

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Interview with Danilyn Rutherford

You don't get abstractions for free

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I'm coming to Madison, Wisconsin, the town where I grew up! I'll be talking to Krisjon Olson, a fabulous medical anthropologist and disability scholar, about my book on March 2 from 6-7 pm at Room of One's Own, 2717 Atwood Avenue. Here's the link: roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...

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Beautiful Mystery by Danilyn Rutherford in Conversation with Krisjon Olson

This is an in-person event at A Room of One's Own Bookstore.

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It was so much fun to talk about Beautiful Mystery, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin's wonderful Animal Crossing: New Horizons with Megan Moodie and Donna Haraway -- and now there's a recording available! Thanks, UCSC Humanities Institute! thi.ucsc.edu/nurturing-di...

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Nurturing Difference - Parenting and Disability in a Careless Age

In an increasingly careless world where cruelty is celebrated and disability mocked, these two highly-readable scholars remind us that beautiful relationships of compassion, connection, communication,...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/01/2026

Thank the Big Beautiful Bill. New federal work requirements for SNAP begin this week, stripping long-standing exemptions for veterans, foster youth, and some parents. An even greater hunger crisis looms.

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Trump’s SNAP rules are about to imperil food access for millions

New work rules take effect this week, cutting access to one of the nation’s most vital anti-hunger programs.

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

So honored to be part of Field Studio's launch! I'll be appearing with some fantastic thinkers and writers: Bridget Guarasci, Aisha Beliso-De Jesús, Sophia Stamatopolou-Robbins, and Laurence Ralph. @dukepress.bsky.social field-studio.org/shop/classes...

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Field Studio Launch - Field Studio

To celebrate the official launch of Field Studio, we are holding a very special online book reading and conversation featuring five writers and

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.

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She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’

Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

So excited to share a stage with @n-w-f.bsky.social -- whose book is beautiful and so illuminating -- not to mention @djeanneh.bsky.social and @megancmoodie.bsky.social. Thanks so much to Megan, for her hard work making this happen, and to the Humanities Institute for hosting us.

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Noah Wardrip-Fruin @n-w-f.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Next week I'll be joining @danilynrutherford.bsky.social at UC Santa Cruz to talk about our new books with @djeanneh.bsky.social and Megan Moodie. It'll be a mix of the scholarly and personal, with two experiences of parenting and disability at the core thi.ucsc.edu/event/nurtur...

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Events for January 2026 – The Humanities Institute

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Anand Pandian @anandian.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"These days, so much turns on our collective ability to open ourselves to new ways of being with one another. This is the first lesson from Millie's world: You don't have to be the same to be close." This extraordinary new book by Danilyn Rutherford is such a moving and compelling read.

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

My piece on Dagmar Herzog's wonderful book, The Question of Unworthy Life, and the Trump administration's assault on disabled people is featured today in Somatosphere! @dukepress.bsky.social somatosphere.net somatosphere.net/disability-a...

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Somatosphere

The website of Somatosphere

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I'm coming to Boulder a week from Friday to talk about Beautiful Mystery. Thanks to Kate Goldfarb for the kind invitation! @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Friends in Denver, and friends with friends in Denver, I’ll be coming to Bookies Bookstore on Saturday, December 13 to talk about Beautiful Mystery. So happy to have the worlds of people like her are under threat. @dukepress.bsky.social thebookies.com/events/41517...

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An Afternoon with Author Danilyn Rutherford | The Bookies Bookstore

Denver independent bookstore for children, families, and teachers!

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This morning I had a chance to talk to Emily Peck and Becky Pinsker about caregiving and how bad our society is at funding it. It's still airing around the country, but the recording will be here. Super grateful for this opportunity. @dukepress.bsky.social the1a.org/segments/the...

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The financial burden of caregiving

Caregivers in the U.S. spend an average of $7,242 out of pocket each year.

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Tomorrow at NYU! I'll be talking about Beautiful Mystery with Elayne Oliphant, a brilliant scholar and wonderful friend. You don't actually need an NYU ID to get in. @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Really looking forward to the conversation with Summerson Carr next week in Chicago, where a bunch of my book takes place -- at the Seminary Coop, one of the best bookstores in the world! @dukepress.bsky.social www.semcoop.com/event/danily...

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Danilyn Rutherford - "Beautiful Mystery" - E. Summerson Carr | Seminary Co-op Bookstores

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Just learned that you don't have to be in New York to attend my book talk on Wednesday. They're broadcasting it on Zoom! @dukepress.bsky.social columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/9786198924...

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Just learned that you don't have to be in New York to attend my book talk on Wednesday! It will be broadcast on Zoom. Here's the link! columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/9786198924...

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Coming up this Wednesday! I'm really looking forward to being in conversation with the wonderful writer and thinker, Rachel Adams. Friends in New York, I'd love it if you could join us! @dukepress.bsky.social

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wennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

On Oct. 31st, 12:00 PM Eastern check out the panel discussion on "Careers in Anthropology" hosted by the Society of Cultural Anthropology. zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

New York friends, join me this Thursday for a Beautiful Mystery book launch at the Graduate Center, in conversation with my brilliant friend and colleague, Dagmar Herzog. Thanks to my brilliant friend and colleague, Jeff Maskovsky, for hosting us! @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Coming to Purdue on Monday! So excited to be in conversation with Sherri Briller. @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Beautiful Mystery, New York again! On November 10, I'll be speaking with my dear friend and colleague, the wonderful Elayne Oliphant, at NYU. @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

And on November 5, I'll be in conversation with the brilliant writer and thinker Rachel Adams at Columbia! @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Excited to be giving an Anthropologies of Tomorrow Lecture at Purdue on October 27. I'll be talking about Beautiful Mystery with Sherri Briller. It's open to the public! Thanks to Kali Rubaii for the kind invitation! @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Beautiful Mystery in New York! I have three events coming up -- on October 30, I'll be at the Graduate Center in conversation with my brilliant friend, Dagmar Herzog. Thanks to Jeff Maskovsky for setting this up! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Beautiful Mystery in Stockholm! Excited to be in conversation with the wonderful writer Fanny Ambjörnsson on autoethnography and care. Thanks to the Department of Social Anthropology for hosting us! @dukepress.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...

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Autoethnographies of Care: A Conversation with Fanny Ambjörnsson och Danilyn Rutherford - Department of Social Anthropology

Autoethnographies of Care: A Conversation with Fanny Ambjörnsson och Danilyn Rutherford

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Last night, I shared Beautiful Mystery with Millie and her flock, alongside the wonderful authors, Dena Taylor and Becky Taylor. I'm so grateful to everyone who helped me launch, write, and live this book. You know who you are! tellmethenumberbeforeinfinity.com www.dukeupress.edu/beautiful-my...

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danilynrutherford.bsky.social @danilynrutherford.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Such an exciting launch day for Beautiful Mystery! I'm a guest on two podcasts that dropped today, with two wonderful hosts: Michelle Glogovac and Kelley Vick. Read the Damn Book (podcast): open.spotify.com/episode/6VBY... Literary Prospects (podcast): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZEN...

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Beautiful Mystery with Danilyn Rutherford

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