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A Physical Education
On Bullying, Discipline and Other Lessons
ISBN: 9781915983145
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: August 27, 2024
On bullying, discipline, and power in school and beyond.
A Book about Ray
ISBN: 9780262048743
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Chapel Perilous
The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
ISBN: 9781913689568
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
The first biography of the late countercultural novelist and underground philosopher Robert Anton Wilson.
Two-Headed Doctor
Listening For Ghosts in Dr. John's Gris-Gris
ISBN: 9781913689605
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: July 9, 2024
A forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris.
Tornado of Life
A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER
ISBN: 9780262548427
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
Stories from the ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care.
If You're A Girl
Selected Stories 1985–2023
ISBN: 9781635902020
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
The trailblazing book that influenced a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn't be lacking in attitude.
The Shrine Thief
ISBN: 9781949597295
Publisher: Terra Nova Press
Pub Date: February 27, 2024
A renowned musician in his 85th year explores the nature of wisdom, how we learn to recognize it, and how we pass it forward.
Melancholy Wedgwood
ISBN: 9780262546348
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 23, 2024
An experimental biography of the ceramics entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood that reveals the tenuous relationship of eighteenth-century England to late-capitalist modernity.
A Heart Afire
Helen Brooke Taussig's Battle Against Heart Defects, Unsafe Drugs, and Injustice in Medicine
ISBN: 9780262048521
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
A deeply compelling biography of the pioneering children's heart doctor Helen Taussig, who helped start heart surgery and became a global force against preventable suffering.
Amaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern
Amaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern
Architecture and the Black American Middle Class
ISBN: 9780262048347
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
The extraordinary life and work of architect Amaza Lee Meredith, and the role modernism and material culture played in the aspiring Black American middle class of the early twentieth century.
A Physical Education
On Bullying, Discipline and Other Lessons
ISBN: 9781915983145
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: August 27, 2024
On bullying, discipline, and power in school and beyond.
A Book about Ray
ISBN: 9780262048743
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Chapel Perilous
The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
ISBN: 9781913689568
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
The first biography of the late countercultural novelist and underground philosopher Robert Anton Wilson.
Two-Headed Doctor
Listening For Ghosts in Dr. John's Gris-Gris
ISBN: 9781913689605
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: July 9, 2024
A forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris.
Tornado of Life
A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER
ISBN: 9780262548427
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
Stories from the ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care.
If You're A Girl
Selected Stories 1985–2023
ISBN: 9781635902020
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
The trailblazing book that influenced a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn't be lacking in attitude.
The Shrine Thief
ISBN: 9781949597295
Publisher: Terra Nova Press
Pub Date: February 27, 2024
A renowned musician in his 85th year explores the nature of wisdom, how we learn to recognize it, and how we pass it forward.
Melancholy Wedgwood
ISBN: 9780262546348
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 23, 2024
An experimental biography of the ceramics entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood that reveals the tenuous relationship of eighteenth-century England to late-capitalist modernity.
A Heart Afire
Helen Brooke Taussig's Battle Against Heart Defects, Unsafe Drugs, and Injustice in Medicine
ISBN: 9780262048521
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
A deeply compelling biography of the pioneering children's heart doctor Helen Taussig, who helped start heart surgery and became a global force against preventable suffering.
Amaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern
Amaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern
Architecture and the Black American Middle Class
ISBN: 9780262048347
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
The extraordinary life and work of architect Amaza Lee Meredith, and the role modernism and material culture played in the aspiring Black American middle class of the early twentieth century.