Kitsune no Yomeiri: The day that foxes have their wedding ceremony Sanbaine: A sudden evening storm that occurs so quickly, one has no time to make even three bundles of rice 20 Japanese Words for Rain: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/20-japanese-...

another week in publishing

Curious about university press publishing? Want to publish with a university press? #AskUP! University press professionals answer frequently asked publishing questions here: https://bit.ly/3milXtt

Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings in indigo, artist Miya Ando captures the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions in "Water of the Sky," a beautifully rich, bilingual visual dictionary for rain: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204986...

In "The Cory Arcangel Hack," Eivind Røssaak provides the first in-depth exploration of the work of artist Cory Arcangel, a pioneer of DIY-new media art whose influential "hacks" subvert the confines of Big Tech. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255254...

"Ando’s visual depictions, in deeply saturated indigo, capture rain’s moods and modes, its shifting dripping misting drenching temperaments." Lovely review of WATER OF THE SKY by Miya Ando @mitpress.bsky.social , out today! ninamaclaughlin.substack.com/p/2000-words...

my new profile page on the MIT Press website is now live: mitpress.mit.edu/gabriela-bue... 🖤

What role should AI have in peer review for scholarly books? @alisonsyring.bsky.social and @gbuenogibbs.bsky.social have thoughts! #peerreviewweek @peerreviewweek.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

A breathtakingly elegant visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, artist Miya Ando's "Water of the Sky" is a rich collection that describes the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions. Out November 4th, 2025: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204986...

Smaller, lesser-known public radio stations in Massachusetts to also feel the hit from the loss of public media funding, including those that carry local affairs programming and artists -- some of the best music to be found! www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

In "Proxistant Vision," Synne Tollerud Bull & Dragan Miletic develop the concept of proxistant vision—a combination of proximity and distance—to explore how the surge in aerial imaging technologies influences visual culture beyond the screen. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255218...

"Most university presses will not publish an unrevised dissertation, so the first step is to think about how to revise a dissertation into a finished scholarly book."

Here's a long thread on an issue dear to my heart. This Tuesday evening I’m doing an Intellectual Publics with Macarena Gomez-Barris on publishing. Like last year’s conversation with Denise Cruz, or the prior year’s with Racquel Gates, we will talk about how to find a publisher, turn a thesis... 1/

In "Heartbeat Art," Claudia Arozqueta draws on a long history of scientific and artistic experimentation, providing detailed case studies of heartbeat works by a wide range of artists working at the interconnections of our bodies, art, and science and technology: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255188...

In "Ecologies of Artistic Practice," Ashley Lee Wong examines how we make and circulate art today and how creative and economic processes shape the meaning and value of artworks: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255216...

"By far the most complete framing of coyote trickster artist Ray Johnson (1927-1995) to date, Ellen Levy’s 'A Book About Ray' engages with the work of the artist on his own terms, or at least as approximate to them as possible." Read the full review at Rain Taxi:

Ok but

This is exactly the kind of grossly unreasonable publisher demand that makes life as an author so difficult.

"This is not an attempt to pin Johnson down, but a rich portrait shaped by his own repeated self-reinventions." @eflux.bsky.social reviews Ellen Levy's beautifully illustrated volume, "A Book About Ray":

Dear BlueSky, Please widely share that my book is out today. 🚀 It tells wild & wonderful, (& arrestingly illustrated) little-known histories from the reproductive frontline. It is a history like no other and like any other, ie brill & for any history lover anywhere. Discount code in replies 👇🏾

🏆 It's an honor to share that "The Future is Present" was awarded the 2025 CAA Frank Jewitt Mather Awards. Congratulations to authors @philipglahn.bsky.social and Cary Levine! www.collegeart.org/news/2025/02...

my heartfelt congratulations to Philip Glahn and Cary Levine, recipients of CAA's Frank Jewett Mather Award for "The Future Is Present: Art, Technology, and the Work of Mobile Image" @mitpress.bsky.social www.collegeart.org/news/2025/02...

Standing room only for "Art, Occultism, and Science in the Time of Hilma af Klint" panel co-chaired by MIT Press author Linda D. Henderson #CAA2025

Hello from CAA--all books are 20% off! @mitpress.bsky.social

Just out! Time Machines: Telegraphic Images in Nineteenth-Century France mitpress.mit.edu/978026204918...

me, reading every single piece of AI news in the past few months: BUT WHY

lovely interview with artist Miya Ando, author of the forthcoming book "Water of the Sky," a visual dictionary of two thousand Japanese rain words with English translations. tricycle.org/magazine/miy...

i am so very excited to share that "A Book about Ray" by Ellen Levy has been listed as one of NYT's Best Art Books of 2024! 🖤🐰 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/a...

as an associate acquisitions editor that started acquiring relatively recently, i am finally seeing some of the first few books i commissioned and acquired out in the world! i am so very proud to share my fall 2024 titles published by @mitpress.bsky.social :

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