Everything Happening at One Signal this May
Books On Sale This Month:
DIRTY KITCHEN by Jill Damatac on sale May 8
LAWLESS by Leah Litman on sale May 13
April Acquisitions from the OSP Team:
REWILDING THE INTERNET: HOW ECOLOGY CAN TAME BIG TECH TO CREATE A WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN by Maria Farrell (Zoe Pagnamenta/Calligraph Lit). Tech writer and speaker Maria Farrell argues that the internet was better when it was wild and not in the thrall of a few bad actors and shows how ecology can return us to a better, freer, horizontal internet for all. (Alessandra Bastagli)
GAZA INTERRUPTED: LIFE AND LOVE IN A TIME OF GENOCIDE an essay collection collab organized by Palestine Writes and edited by susan abulhawa (Anjali Singh/The Anjali Singh Agency). An anthology of essays detailing 18 young writers’ experiences of genocide in Gaza, with a foreword by susan abulhawa. (Rola Harb)
DRED SCOTT’S DAUGHTER: BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA by Amanda Frost (Jessica Papin/Dystel Goderich & Bourret). From author and UVA law professor Amada Frost, DRED SCOTT’S DAUGHTER is the story of birthright citizenship, told through the interlocking narratives of the three families instrumental in its creation: Dred and Harriet Scott, Thaddeus Stevens, and Wong Kim Ark. (Abby Mohr)
RECORD KEEPERS: A HISTORY, AND FUTURE, OF INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING by Tristan Ahtone (Alia Hanna Habib/Gernert). Member of the Kiowa Tribe, award-winning journalist and Editor at Large at Grist Ahtone looks at over a century of record-keeping in America, from oral traditions to early journalism, challenging long-entrenched beliefs and arguing for the decolonization of storytelling. This means advocating for media that is grounded in indigenous values like the right to self-determination and protection from colonial thinking and power structures, a media that focuses unapologetically on the stories and needs of the people and communities it serves. (Alessandra Bastagli)
DAVOS: THE RISE AND FALL OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE ALPINE TOWN THAT CREATED IT by Caitlin Doherty (Elias Altman/Massie McQuilkin & Altman). Contributor to Harper's, the New Left Review, Jacobin, and the New Statesman Caitlin Doherty's DAVOS, an examination of the last 50 years of economic history as shaped by the World Economic Forum and an on-the-ground narrative of how the Alpine town that hosts the WEF is a microcosm for the failures of globalization and neoliberalism that the conference has helped to promulgate—and what might come next in a new era of trade wars. (Nick Ciani)
IMPERIAL FEEDBACK by Ali Winston (David Patterson/Stuart Krichevsky Agency). Coauthor of THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT and George Polk Award-winning journalist Ali Winston's IMPERIAL FEEDBACK, an investigative exploration of how 20th-century counterinsurgency wars waged by Britain, France, and the United States shaped the militarization of the “first world,” as soldiers who began their careers fighting ephemeral guerillas in the deserts, cities, and jungles of rebelling overseas colonies evolved into hard-bitten, wily commanders who fundamentally restructured the security regimes and civil liberties of the countries that deployed them. (Nick Ciani)
May Events Near You:
LEAH LITMAN ON TOUR!
May 14: 6:30 PM ET, Literati Bookstore, Moderator: Barbara McQuade, Address: 124 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
May 15: 6:30 PM ET, The University of Michigan Club of DC with Solid State Books, Moderator: Professor Steve Vladeck/Georgetown Law, Address: Holland & Knight LLP, 800 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006
May 16: 7:00 PM ET, Politics & Prose (LINK), Moderator: Congressman Jamie Raskin, Address: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
May 18: 6:30 PM ET, Hear.Say Brewing Event, Address: Hear.Say Brewing, 2350 W Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
May 19: 12:00 PM ET, National Association of Women Lawyers, Virtual
May 20: 6:00 PM ET, The Commonwealth Club, Virtual (LINK), Moderator: Melissa Caen, political and legal analyst
May 28: 1:00 PM ET, Holding Court Series: Justice Conversations with AFJ, Virtual
May 31: 8:00 PM ET, Strict Scrutiny Live Podcast, Location: Capital Turnaround, Address: 700 M St SE, Washington, DC 20003
JAZ BRISACK ON TOUR!
MAY 1, 2025 Jackson, MS / Lemuria Books / In Person / Book Store
MAY 7, 2025 Berkeley, CA / Maude Fife Room / In Person / University/College
MAY 8, 2025 San Francisco, CA / The Commonwealth Club / In Person / Organization Lecture/Speaking Engagement