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Book Cover for: Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex, Sophia Giovannitti

Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex

Sophia Giovannitti
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“I think that outlawing sex work is a form of social control.” @sophiaexalted joins @josie_houman for a conversation about Giovannitti’s forthcoming book, Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex (@VersoBooks). https://t.co/9yCtPnTukQ… https://t.co/uuUkVfQYR9

Hardcover, 2023

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties, John D'Emilio

Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties

John D'Emilio
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John D'Emilio, a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQIA+ history, discusses his Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties. https://t.co/Lf42nnpV1Z https://t.co/fPSoo3wYLp

Hardcover, 2022

$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do a Bout It, Nancy Fraser

Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do a Bout It

Nancy Fraser
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Join @TenuredRadical as she talks with socialist feminist Nancy Fraser about her recent book, Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It (@VersoBooks) https://t.co/blTDb8K6Cq https://t.co/yuYuhS7Nas

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Book Cover for: Under Glass, Gregory Kan

Under Glass

Gregory Kan
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In Episode 4 of Multi-Verse, hosted by @eva_errg, poet Gregory Kan reads poetry from his collection Under Glass and chats with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about writing trauma, challenging received wisdom, and the art of poetic restraint. https://t.co/QILZbKiJE1

Paperback, 2019

$24.99Member price:$23.74 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Manufacturing Freedom: Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Rehab, and the Racial Wages of Rescue, Elena Shih

Manufacturing Freedom: Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Rehab, and the Racial Wages of Rescue

Elena Shih
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Read an excerpt from Elena Shih’s probing new book. And #TODAY April 19, don’t miss Manufacturing Freedom: Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Rehab, and the Racial Wages of Rescue, presented by @ZolbergInst and @NSSRNews

Paperback, 2023

$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Almodóvar on Almodóvar: Revised Edition, Pedro Almodovar

Almodóvar on Almodóvar: Revised Edition

Pedro Almodovar
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.@bmanuel reflects on the fabulous villains, violent Almodóvar men, and playful new icons that populate his debut essay collection https://t.co/9xJAPHVHkb

Paperback, 2007

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Walls of Santiago: Social Revolution and Political Aesthetics in Contemporary Chile, Terri Gordon-Zolov

The Walls of Santiago: Social Revolution and Political Aesthetics in Contemporary Chile

Terri Gordon-Zolov
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How the Joker and Pikachu become symbols of the Chilean social uprising, in an excerpt from Terri Gordon-Zolov and Eric Zolov’s new book, The Walls of Santiago: Social Revolution and Political Aesthetics in Contemporary Chile (@berghahnbooks, 2022) https://t.co/kwaQNuObpN

Paperback, 2022

$49.95Member price:$49.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism, Clara E. Mattei

The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism

Clara E. Mattei
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Austerity, Then and Now Check out an excerpt from The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism (@UChicagoPress) https://t.co/iYSDCNGQ7X

Paperback, 2025

$22.50Member price:$11.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community, James Boyd White

When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community

James Boyd White
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Harold James (@Princeton) on what happens when words lose their meaning https://t.co/glmBV3a29H

Paperback, 1985

$41.00Member price:$41.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular, David A. Hollinger

Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular

David A. Hollinger
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In a conversation with @TenuredRadical historian David Hollinger talks about his forthcoming book, Christianity’s American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular (@PrincetonUPress) https://t.co/ad24i73DQR

Paperback, 2024

$18.95Member price:$17.06 + Free shipping10% off