Social Science
BLOOMSBURY PRESS
Dreamland: The True
Tale of America’s Opiate
Epidemic by Sam Quinones
(Apr. 21, hardcover, $28,
ISBN 978-1-62040-250-4).
Journalist Sam Quinones
weaves together two classic
tales of capitalism run amok:
the unfettered growth of pain
medications during the
1990s, and the massive influx
of black tar heroin, and shows
how players, whether from small towns in
Mexico or the boardrooms of Big Pharma
and doctors’ offices in suburbia, contributed to an explosive drug epidemic.
CLEIS
Time on Two Crosses: The Collected
Writings of Bayard Rustin, edited by
Don Weise; commentaries by Devon W.
Carbado; foreword by Barack Obama;
afterword by Barney Frank (Mar. 17, paper,
$19.95, ISBN 978-1-62778-126-8). In his
own voice, the history of the civil rights
movement, by the openly gay civil rights
leader and organizer of the March on Washington. From Gandhi’s impact on African-Americans, to white supremacists in
Congress, the assassination of Malcolm X
to Rustin’s never-before-published essays
on Louis Farrakhan, affirmative action, and
the call for gay rights, this book chronicles
five decades of Rustin’s commitment to
justice and equality.
COLUMBIA UNIV.
Happiness and Goodness: Philosophical Reflections on Living Well by
Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano,
foreword by Robert Talisse (June 9, paper,
$19.95, ISBN 978-0-231-17241-7)
defends the view that our well-being is
dependent not on particular activities,
accomplishments, or awards but on finding personal satisfaction while treating
others with due concern.
CORNELL UNIV.
Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Costs
of America’s War on Fat by Susan Green-
halgh (June 2, hardcover, $26.95, ISBN
978-0-8014-5395-3) chronicles the explosion over the
past two decades of media
coverage and cultural conventions that loudly and continuously vilify fatness and fat
people, and gives voice to the
children and teens who have
grown up bullied and mar-ginalized by the “war on fat.”
COUNTERPOINT
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The Spiral Notebook: The Aurora
Theater Shooter and the Forces Shaping Generation Z by Stephen Singular
and Joyce Singular (July 14, hardcover,
$26, ISBN 978-1-61902-534-9). New York
Times bestselling author Singular teams
with his wife, Joyce, to investigate why
America keeps producing 20-something
mass killers, offering a glimpse into the
forces shaping the future of American
youth.
CROWN
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on
Trial by Kenji Yoshino (Apr. 21, hardcover, $26, ISBN 978-0-385-34880-5). A
renowned legal scholar tells the definitive
story of the trial that will stand as the most
potent argument for marriage equality: the
battle over Proposition 8, the California
ballot initiative that rescinded the right of
same-sex couples to marry in the state.
Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own
by Kate Bolick (Apr. 21, hardcover, $26,
ISBN 978-0-385-34713-6). Part memoir
and and part cultural exploration, Bolick
invites us into her considered life, weaving
together past and present to examine why
she (along with more than 100 million
American women, whose ranks keep growing) remains unmarried.
EERDMANS
Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way
Forward for a New Generation by
Charles C. Camosy (Mar. 12, hardcover,
$22, ISBN 978-0-8028-7128-2) unpacks
the complexity of the abortion issue , and
argues that despite our polarized, confused
public discourse about abortion, Americans
actually have broad agreement about the
major issues at stake.
FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX
Why Grow Up? Subversive Thoughts
for an Infantile Age by Susan Neiman
(May 5, hardcover, $24, ISBN 978-0-374-
28996-6). In this wry and witty meditation
on modernity’s obsession with youth,
philosopher Neiman asks not just why one
should grow up, but how, as she challenges
both those who dogmatically privilege
innocence, and those who see youth as
weakness.
The World Beyond Your Head: On
Becoming an Individual in an Age of
Distraction by Matthew B. Crawford
(Mar. 31, hardcover, $26, ISBN 978-0-
374-29298-0). The bestselling author of
Shop Class as Soulcraft argues that our current “crisis of attention” is only superficially the result of digital technology, and
has more to do with human nature.
GRAND CENTRAL
Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever
(or Die Trying) by Bill Gifford (Mar. 17,
hardcover, $27, ISBN 978-1-4555-2744-
1) offers a roaring journey into the world of
anti-aging science, revealing both the
extraordinary breakthroughs that may
yet bring us longer-lasting youth, and the
dangerous deceptions that prey on the
innocent and ignorant. 40,000-copy
announced first printing.
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be:
An Antidote to the College Admissions
Mania by Frank Bruni (Mar. 17, hardcover,
$26, ISBN 978-1-4555-3270-4). The New
York Times op-ed columnist and bestselling
author pens an inspiring manifesto decrying the frenzied college admissions process
and dismantling the myth that a person’s
future success hinges on it. 50,000-copy
announced first printing.
GROVE
Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist’s Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World by Mark Haskell Smith
(June 2, hardcover, $25, ISBN 978-0-
8021-2351-0). With equal parts cultural
history and gonzo participatory journalism,
