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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026

what does @tonychemero.bsky.social's new book 'Intertwined Creatures' have to offer to the “AI consciousness” debate? here is my take on it www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception

A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"The serious grounds us, and frivolity lets us fly away for a bit, so we can come back with the wind in our hair and settle down to work again. Inhaling Shalimar as we face life’s next grim assignment."—Jeannette Cooperman, The Common Reader buff.ly/D8NleWl

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Is Frivolity Always Frivolous? - Common Reader

After the most gruesome, tough assignments... I went shopping.

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"[A RADICAL GOD] [is] at its heart, a disarmingly simple, novel, and courageously radical prospectus for 'religion’s last stand'."—John Saxbee, Church Times buff.ly/1KVKjiF @ChurchTimes

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Book review: A Radical God: Theopoetics, phenomenology, and the future of religion by John D. Caputo

John Saxbee assesses the strength of the case made by ‘theopoetics’

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

One hour interview about my new book Intertwined Creatures. Watch at your own risk. (The main risk is hearing me say dumb shit.) youtu.be/j8rHowYx3HA

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Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other | Dr. Anthony Chemero

YouTube video by The Chasing Leviathan Podcast

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Join Daniel Louis Wyche for a book talk about THE CARE OF THE SELF AND THE CARE OF THE OTHER at The Seminary Co-op in Chicago, IL, on April 17th at 4pm. buff.ly/Z7vkIiv @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social

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Daniel Louis Wyche - "The Care of Self and the Care of the Other" - Curtis J. Evans | Seminary Co-op Bookstores

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Dr Hannah Lucas @hannahalucas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Delighted that my book, IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY has been shortlisted for the University English Book Prize, alongside some fantastic other titles. universityenglish.ac.uk/university-e...

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University English Book Prize Shortlist 2025

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"If you enjoy reading compelling anecdotes about remarkable (and often veridical) paranormal experiences, then you’ll no doubt find much of this material to be fascinating." Read the rest of the review of PARANORMAL STATES from The Incorporated Society for Psychical Research.

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Paranormal States: Psychic Abilities in Buddhist Convert Communities, by D. E. Osto | spr.ac.uk

Reviewed by Michael Daw

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I wrote about Iain Morland's powerful book Intersex, and about how doctors, parents, and politicians enforce normality in ugly and painful ways, including with nonconsensual surgery on infants. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/harming-in...

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Harming Intersex People In The Name of Normality

Scholar Iain Morland makes the case against medicalization

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/01/2026

While photographing a humanoid robot and a philosopher, Dan Turello considers consciousness. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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The Robot and the Philosopher

In the age of A.I., we endlessly debate what consciousness looks like. Can a camera see things more clearly?

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Now available! Revealing the true scope of Dewey’s educational vision, this book provides a new perspective on a neglected aspect of the philosophical tradition. buff.ly/y2AdjVL #JohnDewey #Education #Philosophy

Promotional graphic for Growing People: The Enduring Legacy of John Dewey, by Natalia Rogach Alexander. It included the book's cover, a blurb, and a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Now available! This timely and engaging book shows why unresolved crises from the past must be interpreted anew today if we are to imagine an equitable future—or a future at all. buff.ly/kdWasub #PhilosophyOfWarning #SantiagoZabala

promotional graphic for Signs from the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings by
Santiago Zabala. It includes the book's cover, a blurb by Slavoj Žižek, and a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We are honored to announce that James B. Haile. III's THE DARK DELIGHT OF BEING STRANGE, and Phillip Lopate's MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA are 2025 Pen America Literary Award Finalists!

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Announcing The 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists - PEN America

PEN America is honored to announce the Finalists for the 2025 Literary Awards. The 2025 Awards will confer around $350,000 to writers.

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Columbia University Press is at the London Book Fair! Drop by booth 7E65 to visit with AUPresses member @columbiaup.bsky.social. #LBF25 #ReadUP

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Our past president Jane Bunker @cornellupress.bsky.social is meeting with Congressional staff today to urge support for federal funding for the humanities - as part of Humanities Advocacy Day, organized by @humanitiesall.bsky.social of which AUPresses is a proud member. nhalliance.org/past-...

Jane Bunker standing on steps in front of the US Capitol

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Kirkus Reviews calls THE PASSION OF PEDRO ALMODÓVAR "A smart work of cinema studies for fans and serious scholars."

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THE PASSION OF PEDRO ALMODÓVAR | Kirkus Reviews

An academic offers a close reading of films by one of cinema’s greatest provocateurs.

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Sarah Noell @sarahnoell.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A lovely excerpt from Jeffery Kosky's From the Heart, @columbiaup.bsky.social, in Lit Hub this week.

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NPR @npr.org · 24/01/2025

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

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5 years after Fang Fang recorded Wuhan lockdown, 2 of her books are being translated

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

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