New Books in April by Ideas on Fire Authors

by Cathy Hannabach | Apr 1, 2025

Join us in congratulating these Ideas on Fire authors for their new books! We are honored to have edited and indexed these books as well as support this type of groundbreaking interdisciplinary research.

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Cover of How to Queer the World, with an astronaut standing on a cliff looking out over water and trees under a multicolored galaxy sky

Bo Ruberg

NYU Press

A joyous journey through the queer worldbuilding possibilities and radical pleasures in video games.

Cover of Afterlives of Discovery, with tree branches overlaid on an abstract map

heidi andrea restrepo rhodes

Duke University Press

A fierce critique of the racialized logic of Discovery and settler colonial state-making in Colombia.

Cover of Toward a More Perfect Rebellion, with black-and-white photos of media activism in Los Angeles.

Josslyn Jeanine Luckett

University of California Press

A fascinating history of the radical UCLA filmmakers who redefined US cinema through community storytelling.

Cover of Interrogating Integration with a German flag on a flag line

Kate Zambon

University of Michigan Press

A thought-provoking read on German identity and racial integration through sports culture, media, and government discourse.

Cover of Queering Families, with a rainbow sunset and birds taking flight

Tamara Lea Spira

University of California Press

A bold and loving vision for queer reproductive justice grounded in radical critique and communal support.

Cover of The Politics of Care Work, with a person talking on a phone

Emma Amador

Duke University Press

An inspiring feminist history of Puerto Rican social worker and caregiver activism for economic and social justice.

Cover of Humane Infrastructures with abstract white lines

Patrik Svensson

MIT Press

An intriguing take on the infrastructures of humanistic knowledge production and how we can build more humane ones.

Cover of Unruly Comparison, with an abstract oyster-like sculpture

Alvin K. Wong

Duke University Press

A groundbreaking study of queerness in Hong Kong, using unruly comparison to challenge colonial, nationalist, and global capitalist narratives.

Cover of Undead, with a distorted child's face and chaotic white scribbles.

Karen Redrobe

University of California Press

A feminist exploration of animation’s role in shaping the memory and meaning of war.

Dr. Cathy Hannabach is the founder and CEO of Ideas on Fire where she helps interdisciplinary academics transform vibrant ideas into powerful books and public projects that can spark meaningful social change.

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