New Books in April by Ideas on Fire Authors

by Cathy Hannabach | Apr 1, 2025

Covers of The Politics of Care Work, Afterlives of Discovery, and How to Queer the World

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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

How to Queer the World: Radical Worldbuilding through Video Games

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

Afterlives of Discovery: Speculative Geographies in the Settler Colonial Imaginary

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.

Toward a More Perfect Rebellion: Multiracial Media Activism Made in LA

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

Interrogating Integration: Sports, Celebrity, and Scandal in the Making of New Germany

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

Queering Families: Reproductive Justice in Precarious Times

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

The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice

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

Humane Infrastructures

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

Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone

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.

Undead: (Inter)(in)animation, Feminisms, and the Art of War

Karen Redrobe

University of California Press

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

Author: Cathy Hannabach

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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