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Congratulations again to Zophia Edwards, whose book "Fueling Development" has been named a co-winner of the ASA Theory Section Prize, in addition to the American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award! https://buff.ly/Ge4Lmrw https://buff.ly/MwVDpj9

Congratulations to Lauren Derby, who received the Caribbean Studies Association Gordon K and Sybil Lewis Book Award for "Bêtes Noires: Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands." https://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/2026-gordon-k-and-sybil-lewis-book-award-winners/ https://dukeupress.edu/betes-noires

We are honored to receive the Exceptional Press Recognition Award from the Caribbean Studies Association's Gordon K and Sybil Lewis award committee. DUP is proud of the groundbreaking, critical work of our authors and grateful for this recognition. https://buff.ly/82H2Iev

Congratulations to Zophia Edwards, whose book "Fueling Development" has been named the winner of the American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award. https://www.asanet.org/about/awards/2026-asa-award-winners/ https://dukeupress.edu/fueling-development

The Weekly Read is “Enter the Mystery: Black Experimental Film and Visual Culture as Metaphysical and Spiritual Practice” by Michele Prettyman. The article appears in Meta+Physics of Black Artmaking, a special issue of liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies (10:1).

liquid blackness is an open-access journal; read this article and the full issue for free: https://doi.org/10.1215/26923874-12244592

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Today is Women Veterans Day. To celebrate, learn more about veteran and civil rights activist Sarah Keys Evans, the subject of Amy Nathan's new book "Riding into History."

Women Veterans Day: A Guest Post by Amy Nathan June 12th is Women Veterans Day, established in 1948 to honor the nation’s military women who have defended our freedoms throughout the nation’s history. Some accomplished this on battlefields. Oth…

Congratulations to Doyle D. Calhoun, whose book "The Su***de Archive" has been named the winner of the 2025 African Literature Association Book of the Year Award. https://dukeupress.edu/the-suicide-archive

The Weekly Read is "The Climate Trial" by Noah Walker-Crawford, which is a gripping journey through a landmark climate lawsuit that reveals how global warming reshapes moral responsibility in a changing world. Read it now for free thanks to support from the The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE. https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/3654/The-Climate-TrialLaw-and-Justice-on-a-Melting