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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Join us for the launch of Tim Crist's new book, New Englanders in a New Land: Newark in the Proprietary Period, 1666-1702. Thursday, October 15, 2026 6:00 pm Newark Public Library's Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center (3rd floor) RSVP here: lp.constantcontactpa...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Inheritance" Book Presentation Moderated by Anneliese Rohrer Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM Shakespeare & Company Booksellers Vienna, Austria The event is free and open to the public with no RSVP required. For more details visit: www.inheritancememoi... #Holocaust #Memoir

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Ordinary and Extraordinary Harms in the City: A Green Criminological Analysis" by Kajsa Lundberg www.rutgersuniversit... #UrbanStudies #Criminology #Environment

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The book event for Dafna Lemish’s "Always an Academic Immigrant" this week at Rutgers was a big success. This is a collective memoir that gives voice to eighty-one academics who immigrated from thirty-seven countries for a career in an institution of higher education. www.rutgersuniversit...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Book Talk with Author and Professor Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed Thursday, October 15, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm IRW Seminar Room 160 Ryders Ln, 2nd floor Douglass Campus Register here: forms.gle/rANoV1hWVr... Or through the QR code In collaboration with the Institute of Research on Women

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Anti-Public: How Elite Discourse Harms Public Education (and What We Can Do About It)" by Ronald E. Chennault www.rutgersuniversit... Published by Rutgers University Press. #EliteDiscourse #AmericanStudies #Education #PublicEducation

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Many thanks to @americanstudier.bsky.social for including ENGLISH MAJORS AT WORK: CAREER AND LIFE PATHWAYS—out from @rutgersupress.bsky.social on 10/13—in this week’s #ScholarSunday thread

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join us for the opening of our newest exhibition, Dreamtime in Newark: Aljira and the Making of Global Contemporary Art! Thursday, October 15, 2026 Book Launch | 5pm - 6pm Opening Reception | 6pm – 9pm The Newark Museum of Art *Free tickets available* Visit for more info newarkmuseumart.tick...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Inheritance" Book Presentation at the Hennwack Bookshop Monday, October 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM Hennwack Bookshop Berlin, Germany Free registration required For more details scan the QR code on the flyer, or visit: www.inheritancememoi... Book signing to follow, with books available for purchase.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

City Winery NYC presents Ken Womack & Roger Farrington Brunch on Saturday, October 10th, for a Conversation and Book Signing of "Starting Over with John and Yoko." Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:30 AM The Loft at City Winery NYC 25 11th Ave New York, NY 10011

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Inheritance" Book Presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM The Global Stage at Frankfurt Buchmesse Frankfurt, Germany Limited general public tickets; advance purchase is recommended. For more details visit the tickets page on the Frankfurt Buchmesse website.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Inheritance" Book Presentation at the Open Books Festival Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM Historic Museum Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany The event is free and open to the public with no RSVP required. For more details visit: www.inheritancememoi... #Holocaust #Memoir

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

London's Wiener Library will host an "Inheritance" book talk with Charlie Scheidt, Kat Rohrer, and Dr. Kinga Bloch on Oct 5 at 3 PM. This memoir is a reflection on rebuilding a family history after an unspeakable trauma. For more details, or to register for the event visit: wienerholocaustlibra...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Book Talk Event at Santa Clara University with Mario T. García Thursday, October 8, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm St. Clare Room, University Library Santa Clara University Mario T. García will discuss his book, the first biography of renowned Chicano visual artist and activist Rupert García.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join us a conversation with Ulla Berg and Aisha Beliso-De Jesús. Tuesday, October 6, 2026 4:30pm – 6:00pm Chancellor Green’s Rotunda Princeton University They will discuss Berg’s new book, Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Immigration Detention in New Jersey and the United States.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Book Launch & Panel Discussion with Dafna Lemish Tuesday, October 6, 2026 5:30pm - 7:00pm Dafna Lemish will present highlights from her new book, followed by a panel discussion featuring Rutgers immigrant faculty members. Alexander Library, Teleconference Lecture Hall

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Nancy Wang Yuen @nancywyuen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The 2nd edition of "Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism" is coming! It's an update on the state of racism in Hollywood in the past decade, dropping March 9, 2027. Pre-order at @rutgersupress.bsky.social and wherever books are sold. www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/reel-inequal...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A big crowd was on hand Wednesday evening for a combined book event and jazz performance at the Montclair Public Library. Pictured here is Ada C.M. Thomas, author of "Aminata: Abbey Lincoln's Song of Faith" and Veronica Nunn, vocalist, who performed at the event. www.rutgersuniversit...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We will be exhibiting at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday, September 27. We hope you will visit us there. Keep an eye on the weather but, rain or shine, visit our website for a special festival discount offer! www.rutgersuniversit... #BrooklynBookFestival

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

**Event location has changed! No longer at the Livingston Student Center.** Event location: Lucy Stone Hall Room A256 "Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Immigration Detention in NJ and the United States" Conference Friday, September 25 from 12noon- 4:30PM latcar.rutgers.edu/n...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There was a standing room only crowd on hand today at the Dana Library in Newark for an engaging discussion with author Ada C.M. Thomas about her latest book "Aminata: Abbey Lincoln’s Song of Faith". Special thanks to the Source of Knowledge Bookstore. www.rutgersuniversit... @sourceofknowledge

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us on 5 October for a book talk about a new work, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust The evening will include a book talk by co-authors Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer followed by a reception with an opportunity for book signing @rutgersupress.bsky.social buff.ly/DuxIEv4

Book cover for Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust by Charlie Scheidt with Kat Rohrer, showing a vintage black-and-white photo of a smiling young boy on an older man's shoulders, evoking family, memory, and generational legacy.

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ed Symkus on "Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs": Kenneth Womack’s lively account of Boston photographer Roger Farrington’s 1980 shoot offers a small but captivating footnote to Beatles history. @rutgersupress.bsky.social artsfuse.org/334767/book-...

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Book Review: “Starting Over with John and Yoko” – The Story Behind the Photographs - The Arts Fuse

Kenneth Womack’s lively account of Boston photographer Roger Farrington’s 1980 shoot offers a small but captivating footnote to Beatles history.

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Alex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Excited to share that Youth in the Movements: High School Student Activism in Twentieth-Century America is available for pre-order. To order the book, go here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/youth-in-the... #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #socialmovements

A book cover with a fist in the air, holding a pencil, followed the book title - Youth in the Movements: High School Student Activism in Twentieth Century America edited by Dara Walker, Alexander Hyres, and Jon Hale

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Book Event with a Jazz Performance Wednesday, September 23, 2026 6:00pm - 7:45pm Ada C.M. Thomas, author of "Aminata: Abbey Lincoln's Song of Faith" wlll discuss the enduring legacy of singer, poet and actress Abbey Lincoln. Montclair Public Library bccls.libcal.com/eve...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cartoonist Sharon Rudahl, artist and author of BALLAD OF AN AMERICAN: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF PAUL ROBESON, interviewed by Alex Dueben for The Comics Journal:

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join us on 5 October at the Wiener Holocaust Library for a book talk with Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer on their new book, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. 5 October 2026, 3:00–4:30pm, Wiener Holocaust Library. Full details: lbilondon.ac.uk/events/book-...

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

After reading about Ida Lupino in Therese Grisham & Julie Grossman's IDA LUPINO, DIRECTOR: HER ART & RESILIENCE, several of my students excitedly mentioned how Ida's stance on stardom made them think of Taylor Swift's "Clara Bow." I love when students make these types of connections!

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Earlier this year, THE DARIÉN GAP author Belén Fernández flew to Panama to take the measure of the long shadow cast by U.S. immigration policy. A must-read in the latest Harper's:

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Book Launch and Conference "Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Immigration Detention in NJ and the United States," ed. by Ulla D. Berg & Carolina Sánchez Boe Livingston Student Center Rutgers University Friday, September 25 from 12noon- 4:30PM latcar.rutgers.edu/n...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Brother Is a Street Musician: Viewing the Landscape of Modernity Through Korean Popular Music" by Eujeong Zhang www.rutgersuniversit... #Kpop #KpopMusic #KoreanMusic #KoreanPopularMusic #Music #PopularCulture

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Love Apocalypse: New Intimacies and the Decline of Marriage and Fertility" Edited by Alex Nelson, Victor De Munck, and William Jankowiak www.rutgersuniversit... #MarriageRates #FertilityRates #Anthropology

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Betting on Education: The Costs of Schooling for Cambodian Youth" by Jennifer Estes www.rutgersuniversit... #EducationStudies #ChildhoodStudies #Cambodia

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Jezebel recommends @melissaludtke73.bsky.social's LOCKER ROOM TALK in their tribute to Gloria Steinem: "Steinem was an optimist, and Ludtke’s book illustrates her optimism and relentless Gloria-esque energy to fight the good fight. And, of course, she won."

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Caste, Country, and Creed: Struggles for Social Justice in the Contemporary Indian Diaspora" Edited by Nisha Thapliyal www.rutgersuniversit... #IndianDiaspora #AsianAmericanStudies #AsianStudies #SocialJusticeActivism

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This past week, it was a year since The Nursing Clio Reader arrived. Still a marvel to me that this little blog project that @jackiantonovich.bsky.social dreamed up in a grad class has a book now and that I had the pleasure of helping create it. @nursingclio.bsky.social @rutgersupress.bsky.social 🗃️

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The Nursing Clio Reader

A powerful resource for classrooms and individual readers alike, The Nursing Clio Reader invites reflection on how the past informs current debates, urging us to engage deeply with the history of repr...

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"The Enduring Work of Biography: James Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1791–2020" Edited by Greg Clingham www.rutgersuniversit... Published by University of Delaware Press. #JamesBoswell #Biography #18thCenturyStudies #EnduringWork #LifeofJohnson

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Junk Drawer: What We Leave Behind" Edited by Sander Gilman and Barbara Von Eckardt www.rutgersuniversit... Published by University of Delaware Press. #Photography #Stories #MeaningfulObjects

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NEW IN STOCK - Kim's Fruit of Life offers a raw portrait of 1920s–30s Korea, driven by her personal experiences of sexual assault, misogynistic journalism and criticism, displacement, and poverty during the Japanese colonial occupation (1910–1945). 📚️ buff.ly/UpCF7Ej @rutgersupress.bsky.social

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The subway often feels like another world. Fred S. Naiden takes us back to the 1980s, when he worked as an MTA porter, motorman, and locomotive engineer. Railroaded spotlights MTA worker activism & the fight against institutional racism, while offering practical solutions to fix the system today.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As Atlantic City formed into one of the largest tourist destinations, it loomed ever larger in the imaginations of American writers. This collection transports us inside the bright lights while describing the complex history of political corruption, racial discrimination, & urban decay.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEW IN STOCK - Starting Over transports readers back to 1980 and into Manhattan's Hit Factory, where Lennon and Ono recorded their acclaimed LP Double Fantasy. 📚️ buff.ly/9hZAfNq @rutgersupress.bsky.social

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us next month for a book talk about a new work, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. The evening will include a book talk by co-authors Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer followed by a reception with an opportunity for book signing @rutgersupress.bsky.social buff.ly/R5kuH3Q

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Matthew Wolf-Meyer @mw-m.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was interviewed with @eraikhel.bsky.social and Junko Kitanaka about our recent volume, “Mapping Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century” for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. It’s a fun conversation thanks to Amisah Bakuri! Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/mapping-medi...

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Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer et al eds., "Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century" (Rutgers UP, 2026) - New Books Network

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Suzanne E. Guiod @seguiod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congratulations to @yinyuan.bsky.social whose brilliant Alimentary Orientalism won the @bars.bsky.social 2026 First Book Prize! Published by Bucknell University Press. @aupresses.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social @rutgersupress.bsky.social @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We remember Gloria Steinem—feminist writer, activist, media spokeswoman, and lecturer. Read a brief history of Steinem’s rise to prominence—from humble beginnings and in spite of a male dominated society. www.rutgersuniversit... #Steinem

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For the first time ever, Roger Farrington’s photo series from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1980 studio comeback is collected in one volume. Starting Over is a must-have for Beatles fans, collectors, and photography lovers. Releasing September 8.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Immigration Detention in New Jersey and the United States" Edited by Ulla D. Berg and Carolina Sánchez Boe www.rutgersuniversit... #ElizabethDetentionCenter #NewJersey #Immigration

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