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Funny, You Don't Look Funny

Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials

Jennifer Caplan

Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.

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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347300
$94.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347317
$36.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347324

The Orchestra of Wind Chimes

Poems by Geoffrey Jacques

Thought-provoking poems that challenge preconceptions of form and style while focusing on themes of everyday experience, class, politics, literature, and more.

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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350386
$17.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350393

Queer Imaginings

On Writing and Cinematic Friendship

David A. Gerstner

Discovering the queer auteur and their seductive cinematic delights and possibilities.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350201
$94.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350218
$42.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350225

The Lyric Essay as Resistance

Truth from the Margins

Edited by Zoë Bossiere and Erica Trabold

Resistance and representation manifests in the subversive genre of the lyric essay.

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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814349601
$24.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814349618

Parks and Recreation

Holly Willson Holladay

"Treat yo’ self" to this captivating analysis of critically acclaimed, fan-favorite television series Parks and Recreation.

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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347881
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347898

Recollecting Collecting

A Film and Media Perspective

Edited by Lucy Fischer

The impact of unique material collections that have helped shaped research, practice, and education in film and media studies.

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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348567
$94.99
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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348550
$36.99
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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348574

Mad Men

Gary R. Edgerton

A captivating and analytical compendium to the hit show - and its creation, story, and impact on contemporary media and popular culture.

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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814345467
$19.99
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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814345474

Paper Valley

The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup

P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell

Booklist raves, Paper Valley "is a compelling human-interest tale on par with Erin Brockovich and Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action."

The compelling true story of a hard-fought environmental win, set in motion by a tenacious government scientist and an unrelenting journalist – resulting in the polluting companies paying for the $1 billion, 20-year clean-up.

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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814349588
$26.99
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Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814349595

Memory Spaces

Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic Narratives

Victoria Aarons

Jewish identity, memory, and place deftly revealed through the lens of Jewish women's graphic narratives.

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Available May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349151
$94.99
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Available May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349144
$38.99
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Available May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349168

Bridging Worlds

Poetry and Philosophy in the Works of Immanuel of Rome

Dana W. Fishkin

A radical revisitation of Immanuel of Rome’s celestial tour, Mahberet Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-‘Eden.

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Available June 2023
ISBN: 9780814350362
$94.99
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Available June 2023
ISBN: 9780814350355
$44.99
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Available June 2023
ISBN: 9780814350379

"No Equal Justice"

The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr.

Edward J. Littlejohn and Peter J. Hammer

The story of Civil Rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion.

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Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814350584
$24.99
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Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814348765
$36.99
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Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814348772

The Dodge Brothers

The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy

Charles K. Hyde

The first comprehensive biography of John and Horace Dodge and the history of their company, Dodge Brothers.

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Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814332474
$24.99
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Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814332467
$36.99
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Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814337806

What to Count

Poems by Alise Alousi

A lyrical detour into the personal and political conflicts and identities that frame a life.

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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350706
$17.99
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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350713

Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters

Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy

Cathy Yue Wang

Politics and paradigm shifts underlying contemporary retellings of fantastic traditional Chinese tales.

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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814348635
$94.99
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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814348628
$34.99
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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814348642

Beyond the Land

Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century

Melissa Weininger

A re-evaluation of the meaning and function of diaspora in contemporary Israeli culture.

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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350607
$94.99
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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350591
$27.99
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Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350614

Enough to Lose

Stories by RS Deeren

Stories of the small-town struggle to reconcile tradition with inevitable change.

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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350409
$19.99
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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350416

The Second Stop Is Jupiter

Poems by upfromsumdirt

An interpellation of a surrealist African American poetic mythology.

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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350539
$19.99
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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350546

Dear Department Chair

Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation

Edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan, and Stephanie G. Adams; with a Foreword by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole

A wellspring of wisdom from Black women leaders in higher education for the next generation.

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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350744
$24.99
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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350751

Will & Grace

Tison Pugh

The creation and legacy of Will & Grace, the sitcom that transformed queer representation in American television.

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Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814349069
$19.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814349076

Hidden Light

Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema

Dan Chyutin

An examination of contemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.

Printed Paper Cased
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350683
$94.99
Paperback
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350676
$39.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350690

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