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Faking the News, edited by ASU alum Ryan Skinnell


Faking the News
What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump
Edited by Ryan Skinnell

Donald J. Trump's speaking and writing invite passionate reactions — maybe he’s a bluecollar, billionaire hero who speaks the language of the ...


Cover of Century Worm by Todd Fredson


Century Worm
Todd Fredson

Poetry in the Green Rose Series. "Century Worm" confronts the impact of Western colonial policies and the sundering of nostalgia as the ...


Cover of "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold" featuring an illustration of a woman in a small swimming pool


Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold
Dorothy Chan

These poems are steampunk on steroids. They're plutonium-powered and neon-lit. These poems describe the world as it should be, as we want it to be ...


Cover of U.K. edition of "Our Dreams Might Align" featuring a whale and watercolor illustration


Our Dreams Might Align
U.K. Edition
Dana Diehl

Two brothers, swallowed by a whale, lament the loneliness they suffer in the belly of the beast. A man is transformed into a beam of light; ...


Cover of "Navigating Conflict" featuring a woman consoling a boy


Navigating Conflict
How Youth Handle Trouble in a High-Poverty School
Calvin Morrill

Urban schools are often associated with violence, chaos and youth aggression. But is this reputation really the whole picture? In " ...


Cover of Italian translation of "What Algorithms Want" by Ed Finn featuring a coding design


Che cosa vogliono gli algoritmi?: L'immaginazione nell'era dei computer
Italian translation of "What Algorithms Want"
Ed Finn
Translated by Daniele A. Gewurz

[Translated from Italian] Algorithms help us to navigate the streets of cities, to choose a book or a film, provide an answer to our every need. ...




Great Journeys across the Pamir Mountains
A Festschrift in Honor of Zhang Guangda on his Eighty-fifth Birthday
Edited by Huaiyu Chen, Xinjiang Rong

Drawing upon numerous manuscripts from China and Central Asia, the articles presented in this volume by leading scholars in the field ...


Cover of Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes


Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes

A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author ...

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