Q&A with Patrick Brodie, Author of Wild Tides
Patrick Brodie, an assistant professor at University College Dublin, explores in his new book *Wild Tides* how Ireland’s post‑2008 financial crisis reshaped media infrastructure and deepened neoliberal dependency. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, he links the rise of data centers, Dublin’s creative‑city planning, and rural media production to a turbulent global market dominated by US capital. The book argues that Ireland’s semi‑peripheral status and colonial land politics create a paradox of booming tech investment alongside everyday austerity, especially outside the capital. Brodie also highlights the environmental strain of data centers, which now consume roughly 22% of the nation’s electricity.
Introducing Our Fall 2026 Catalog
Duke University Press released its Fall 2026 catalog, showcasing books slated for publication from June through December 2026. The centennial edition features a nostalgic cover collage and a special message from Director Dean J. Smith. Readers can pre‑order selected titles at a...
When Home Is a Photograph | The Weekly Read
Leigh Raiford’s new book *When Home Is a Photograph* examines how Black American activists and artists—such as Marcus Garvey, James Van Der Zee, Eslanda Goode Robeson and Kathleen Neal Cleaver—used photography to forge a sense of home and belonging. The work argues that photography is...
Poem of the Week
Duke University Press highlighted the final "Poem of the Week" featuring “Few Years Later,” a poem from the newly released collection *Ocean, as Much as Rain*. The anthology presents translated works by renowned Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser, edited and translated...
Orgulla, or Gringo Go Back to Your Country | The Weekly Read
Molly Greening’s essay “Orgullo, or Gringo Go Back to Your Country” uses creative nonfiction to examine pride, positionality, and coalition resistance against U.S. Christian fundamentalism at the 2024 San Salvador Pride parade. The piece traces how theological narratives can both liberate...
Q&A with Noah Walker-Crawford, Author of The Climate Trial
Noah Walker‑Crawford, a research fellow at LSE and Imperial College, blends anthropology with climate law in his new book *The Climate Trial*. He spent twenty months living in the Peruvian Andes, documenting the landmark lawsuit that links a local mountain...
Read to Respond: Global Migration
Duke University Press has launched the Read to Respond Global Migration reading list, a curated collection of recent books and journal articles that examine migration through lenses of labor, climate, security, gender and race. All journal articles and special issues are freely...
Celebrating Trans Visibility Day
On March 31, Duke University Press highlighted International Transgender Day of Visibility by showcasing a slate of new books and journals that center trans and queer scholarship. The open‑access journal QTR concluded its second volume, while titles such as *Abolitionist Intimacies*,...
Voided Patterning | The Weekly Read
The Weekly Read spotlights Sita Balani’s article “Voided Patterning: Thinking Racial and Spatial Division in the Zone,” published in a special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly. The piece interrogates Britain’s contemporary racial capitalism by contrasting two zones: hotel housing for...
Save on New Titles in Asian Studies
Duke University Press is offering a 40% discount on all Asian studies books and journal issues for attendees of the AAS 2026 conference in Vancouver. The coupon code AAS26 is valid through April 23, 2026 and can be used online...
The Violence of Protection | The Weekly Read
Lee Ann S. Wang’s book *The Violence of Protection* critiques the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), arguing that its funding of law‑enforcement rescue operations creates new forms of racial violence against survivors, especially Asian American women. By framing victims as...
Save on New Titles in Literature and Literary Studies
Duke University Press is promoting its literature and literary studies titles at the AWP 2026 conference in Baltimore. Attendees can use coupon code AWP26 for a 40% discount on all books and journal issues purchased online through February 29, 2026....
Read to Respond: Critical Perspectives on AI in the Humanities
Duke University Press’s “Read to Respond” program has launched a new “Critical Perspectives on AI in the Humanities” reading list. The list aggregates recent peer‑reviewed articles, journal issues, and scholarly books that interrogate AI’s cultural, ethical, political, and labor implications...
Farewell to Vicente Rafael
Vicente Rafael, a leading historian of the Philippines, died on February 21, 2026 at age 70. He authored five influential books with Duke University Press, including *The Sovereign Trickster* (2022) and earlier studies on translation, colonialism, and nationalism. Rafael held...