From Daniel Huang-Talbot: The Humble Hospital that Could: A Librarian Learns Lessons on Medice, cura te ipsum livedplacespublishing.com/blog/the-hum... A beautiful written testimony to the value of mindset and how #reading supports mindset.

Lived Places Publishing is pleased to sponsor this important as part of our committment to #Disabilitystudies

Volunteerism Among Older Adults: Enrichment Through Serving Others explores the powerful role that volunteering plays in shaping purpose, connection, and fulfillment in later life:https://livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/9781918527223

Author Nicole K. Rivas combines visual and material culture to investigate sartorial representations of self-identity from the perspective of first-generation Americans, using garments of the past through contemporary archaeological approaches: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Dalton Harrison explores the experience of transgender males in British female prisons. It invites discussions on intersectionality and hopes to inspire further research on transgender issues in criminal justice: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Che Bella! by Isabella Campagnol explores how the ideal of curvy Italian beauty, embodied by 1950s movie stars like Sophia Loren, has evolved over time.Despite progress toward inclusivity, "curvy-washing" still occurs: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Itinerary of a Child of the Trade Winds: Memories of a Child Born and Raised in French African Colonies and Educated in the World by Gerard Georges Pigeon, is a powerful memoir that traces a life shaped by colonialism, migration, and global change: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

It is a profound honor and responsibility for Lived Places Publishing to be a publishing partner for Incarceration Nations Network / INN Check out this video highlighting the launch of an important new chapter for INN: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDFj...

What happens when a person is gone, but not lost—when grief takes hold without the certainty of death? Sarah Wayland explores this emotional terrain, where families and communities exist between hope and despair, struggling to find meaning amid ambiguity: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

In 2024, LPP announced the launch of our Middle Eastern Studies and our Jewish Studies collections by way of a blog post David Parker wrote about his childhood lived between two religious traditions: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/two-new... The first book in each collection published today!

Please read the most recent installment in the Incarceration Nations Network / INN series of personal accounts of incarceration: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/prison-...

Reclaiming the shell and deviating from historical European appropriations, discover how African designers now use it to craft narratives that express joy, triumph, and perseverance embodying a connection to culture and memory in postcolonial Africa: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

In Economic and Social Mobility: Redefining Higher Education for Generational Wealth, Hakim J. Lucas challenges the long-held promise that a college degree automatically leads to opportunity: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

In Exploring the Experiences of Marginalized Communities During the Covid Pandemic, Samson Chama examines the overlooked impacts of COVID-19 on marginalized individuals. livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

When Hakim J. Lucas, President of Virginia Union University began searching for a publishing partner to launch a university press, LPP was honored to be at the table. We will have much more to share, but we are so thrilled to announce the first publication from this new press: lnkd.in/gVGDMeXS

Blending history, memoir, and anthropology, the title follows Lenku’s journey across Kenya, the United States, and Canada, revealing how ancestry, displacement, and resilience shape African lives in a world marked by migration: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... #Maasai #Migration #Africa

Another great event at the The Bronx Museum of the Arts with Christine Defazio to celebrate her book. We had one of the original writers from the 1970s with us - Bom76. The is a one of a kind history of the Bronx told through street art: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Do you do #livedexperience or #intersectional research? Then please present at the Lived Places Publishing innagural #virtualconference in October: livedplacespublishing.com/conference/ Submit your proposal here: livedplaces.app.earendelplatform.com/login

You go Elliott Hurtig: evanstonroundtable.com/2026/04/30/r... Residents hear Evanston speak at launch event for oral history book Library event features panel of subjects — including RoundTable’s founders — sharing meaningful passages from their interviews

A comprehensive resource created by those with lived experience, lived knowledge and lived expertise of Usher syndrome: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97... This is the 12th title published #openaccess almost entirely publisher-funded: livedplacespublishing.com/open-access-...

How can we equip the next generation of designers with the skills for eco-social design and stewardship? Jan Eckert provides a framework for eco-social design education, emphasizing stewardship for people, communities, and our planet: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Listen in as Ani Zonneveld and David Parker discuss Ani's work, life, and ping pong career! Ani is the founder of Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV) and an LPP author. Intersections of Faith, Feminism, and Activism: Progressive Islam and Social Justice: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/interse...

So great to see Lived Places Publishing titles for sale in bookstores! @touchmypoly.bsky.social

How do music, performance spaces, and cultural memory shape the identities of Indigenous communities in a rapidly modernizing world? Chun-bin Chen from Tapei National University of the Arts explores these themes in a new publication: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Please join Lived Places Publishing author Anne Lyse Chabert and I for a discussion about her lived experience writing and her excellent books, organized by Mind & Life Europe mindandlife-europe.org/events/mind-...

"I found the Homosaurus controlled vocabulary six years ago while looking for an authoritative source to establish the naming convention for the LPP Queer and LGBT+ Studies collection. Read on for my latest post in Choice's Toward Inclusive Excellence blog: www.choice360.org/tie-post/cre...

If you live near Evanston, IL, come hear Lived Places Publishing author Elliott Hurtig speak about his new book at the Evanston Public Library evanstonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/69c5a...

MY DEAF IDENTITY "I have never viewed my deafness as a physical limitation. Deafness, to me, was just a natural piece of my life. Gone are the long-ago days of negative portrayals of deaf people as helpless, uneducated, and lacking in ability." Read on: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/deaf-ha...

We are proud to partner with Incarceration Nations Network to bring you a collection that aims to broaden the scope of real people’s storytelling in Carceral Studies. Here is our most recent installment: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/growing...

Lived Places Publishing is pleased to be working with Lyrasis to expand access, awareness, and engagement with our library collection: Intersections: Identity and Place Ebooks: livedplacespublishing.com/intersections/ livedplacespublishing.com/blog/lyrasis... #librarians

"I joined LPP to serve as an advocate for all professors and instructors who are working hard to make a difference through their teaching and research." A new blog from Daniel Huang-Talbot “Mommy, what is tenure?”: Growing Up in a Faculty Household:" livedplacespublishing.com/blog/mommy-w...

Call to Action: Human Rights Defender Ruth López of Cristosal Is Imprisoned in El Salvador. Read on and act if you will: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/ruth-lo...

Firsthand accounts of incarceration are a core element on the INN collection with Lived Places Publishing. Our ongoing series: "Bearing Witness," brings voice to you from within. Most recently, from Son of Khoi: livedplacespublishing.com/blog/frowned... Please read; it is powerful stuff.

How do formerly incarcerated Black women’s oral histories reshape our understanding of incarceration and resistance? A Labor of Livingness: Oral Histories of Formerly Incarcerated Black Women is a community-based work rooted in the Black freedom struggle: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Did you see the Saturday Night Live skit on "Looksmaxxing?" "Both the dandy and the gym bro share a common obsession with appearance." Lived Places Publishing author Karmen Samson's new title explores how masculinity is negotiated over time. livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

In Trans(formations) and Tenderness, professor and child advocate Prathim-Maya Dora-Laskey unpacks the most common harmful rhetoric that we might encounter about gender identity, and how to counter it: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

We are really pumped to announce Lived Places Publishing 25th Collection #Madstudies: livedplacespublishing.com/mad-studies/ led by Matthew Jackman

"When governments attempt to dictate research agendas or defund entire disciplines, publishers must speak out. Publishers should also resist pressures to exclude or cut down on scholarly fields that are particularly under attack:" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/17/g...

How can aspiring hearing disabled finance professionals overcome sensory barriers to reach the absolute pinnacle of the accounting world? Author Michael Kane explores the personal and professional triumphs of eighteen elite accounting experts: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

"Anyone interested in disability justice, Black feminist theory and politics, abolition over reform and lived experience research will want to read this book." Jemmar Almina reviews 'The Silence They Wrote for Me' by Abigal Muchecheti on the NSUN blog. www.nsun.org.uk/book-review-...

"Approximately one in 20 Americans suffers from severe mental illness. That comes to around 17 million. Multiply that number by three or four to represent each ill person’s closest family members." Read on from Lived Places Publishing author Margaret Hawkins: lnkd.in/gahCnuj8

An Autistic-ADHD Journey explores a brief history of Autism alongside the author’s unique lived experiences that aim to dispel the many harmful misconceptions surrounding Autism and ADHD. This book takes you one person closer to knowing more about AuDHD: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

I love being a publisher and learning more about the lived experiences of our authors and the communities they represent. Check out the Lived Places Publishing Artist Studies Collection: livedplacespublishing.com/artists-stud...

"Place identity – the where of our being – shapes both how we understand ourselves as autistic and how society views us." —@jaimehoerricks.bsky.social

"Global Freedom: Lives and Lessons from Formerly Incarcerated Leaders from Around the World brings" together the powerful voices of 30 alumni from Incarceration Nations Network’s Global Freedom Fellowship program, presented in their own words: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

Damian Mellifont PhD and Jennifer Smith-Merry's latest blog post from Lived Places Publishing explores "How Lived Experience-Led Research Can Inform Public Hearings and Government Inquiries:" livedplacespublishing.com/blog/lived-e... #disabilitystudies #openaccess #Australia #livedexperience

By centering the voices of Pacific experts, this new #OpenAccess title serves as both a critique of the status quo and a roadmap for a more efficient, equitable health system that treats Pacific wellbeing as an urgent public priority: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

In Writing Life Stories, Laurie Woodford chronicles her profound journey through the craft of writing and the art of pedagogy, spanning from remedial community college classrooms to high-stakes prison workshops and vibrant senior communities: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...

On April 16th, Lived Places Publishing founder David Parker will interview Ani Zonneveld about her personal and professional experiences in advocating for human rights, gender equality, and religious freedom. Sign up here to watch and listen: cassyni.com/events/EGxVc...

A new #openaccess title in #Genderstudies brings together leadership perspectives, panel discussions, original research, and powerful lived experiences to examine the realities shaping women’s academic and professional journeys in scientific fields: livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...