New Books in October by Ideas on Fire Authors

by Cathy Hannabach | Oct 1, 2025

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

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Homesick

Nicholas Shapiro

Duke University Press

A compelling investigation of toxic housing, race, and collective environmental struggle in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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Let Us Alone: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State

Michael Casiano

University of Illinois Press

A vital critique of the racist history, logics, and effects of policing and incarceration in Baltimore.

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Transatlantic Disbelonging: Unruliness, Pleasure, and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women’s Art

Bimbola Akinbola

Duke University Press

A vibrant exploration of the politics of pleasure, identity, and play in Nigerian diasporic women's art.

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Criminalization of Women: Abortion, Inequity, and Resistance in Chile

Michele Eggers-Barison

University of Illinois Press

A powerful account of how draconian Chilean abortion laws criminalize women and perpetuate structural violence.

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Transforming Trauma: A Relational Approach to Disorganizing Systemic Violence

Kate Lockwood Harris

Oxford University Press

A groundbreaking approach to healing toxic and traumatized organizations and building more nurturing futures.

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The Aesthetic Character of Blackness: Sounds Like Us

Jemma DeCristo

Duke University Press

A thought-provoking analysis of the role of Black music and Black art in Black liberation and the art world.

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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