New Books in July by Ideas on Fire Authors

by Cathy Hannabach | Jul 1, 2025

Covers of We Are Pregnant with Freedom, Refusing Sustainability, and Foremother Love

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Cover of We Are Pregnant with Freedom, with a metal statue of a woman with braids looking up to the trees

We Are Pregnant with Freedom: Black Feminist Storytelling for Reproductive Justice

Stacie Selmon McCormick

University of California Press

An inspiring analysis of Black feminist reproductive justice and bodily liberation.

Cover of Refusing Sustainability with a statue of a woman wearing a crown in a busy city square

Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe

Elana Resnick

Stanford University Press

A critical examination of waste, labor, and racialized environmental injustice in Europe.

Cover of Foremother Love, with a person sitting in a chair in a garden in front of a house

Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism

Dana Murphy

Duke University Press

A groundbreaking investigation of Black feminist criticism through Phillis Wheatley's legacy.

Cover of Imperial Stewards, with ornate shelves displaying blue porcelain vases.

Imperial Stewards: Chinese Art and the Making of America's Pacific Century

K. Ian Shin

Stanford University Press

A revealing study of Chinese art collecting as a tool of US imperial imagination.

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.