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        An Archive

        An Archive

        An Archive

        by Mathieu Lindon

        Translated by Bruce Benderson

        ISBN: 9781635902402

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: January 6, 2026

        An intimate memoir of growing up inside legendary Parisian publishing house Les Éditions de Minuit.
        Mediated Matter

        Mediated Matter

        Mediated Matter

        Design and Invention in the New Biological Age

        by Neri Oxman

        ISBN: 9780262049177

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 18, 2025

        A richly illustrated overview of the work of Neri Oxman, whose design approach embodies the union of technology and biology, as well as a future where we build with nature.
        MEMORY

        MEMORY

        MEMORY

        by Dorothea Lasky

        ISBN: 9781635902594

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: November 4, 2025

        A poet’s spacious exploration of time, memory, and art, in homage to Bernadette Mayer.
        I Only Believe in Myself

        I Only Believe in Myself

        I Only Believe in Myself

        Conversation with Murielle Joudet

        by Catherine Breillat

        With Murielle Joudet

        Translated by Christine Pichini

        ISBN: 9781635902617

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: October 21, 2025

        A long-form dialogue—on cinema and survival—with the visionary French filmmaker.
        Letters from the Madhouse

        Letters from the Madhouse

        Letters from the Madhouse

        by Dario Dzamonja

        Translated by Nevena Dzamonja

        ISBN: 9781965874226

        Publisher: Inpatient Press

        Pub Date: October 14, 2025

        An uncompromising account of a Bosnian writer's life as an exile in America.
        Strange Attractor

        Strange Attractor

        Strange Attractor

        The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna

        by Graham St John

        Foreword by Erik Davis

        ISBN: 9780262049573

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 7, 2025

        An intellectual biography of one of the most celebrated and yet least understood figures of the late twentieth century, Terence McKenna.
        Fierce Dancing

        Fierce Dancing

        Fierce Dancing

        Adventures in the Underground

        by C. J. Stone

        ISBN: 9781917674089

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: October 7, 2025

        A vividly personal journey tracing the legacy of 1960s counterculture into the free parties, road protests, and traveler movements of 1990s Britain.
        Eyes by Hand

        Eyes by Hand

        Eyes by Hand

        Prosthetics of Art and Healing

        by Dan Roche

        ISBN: 9780262049832

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 12, 2025

        A personal and intimate view of the craft of eye-making.
        Sex Is No Emergency

        Sex Is No Emergency

        Sex Is No Emergency

        Adventures in a Post Punk Wonderland

        by Dorothy Max Prior

        ISBN: 9781913689810

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: August 5, 2025

        Further adventures in psychedelic rock, ball room dancing, performance art, and parenting in 1980s Britain.
        From the Laboratory to the Moon

        From the Laboratory to the Moon

        From the Laboratory to the Moon

        The Quiet Genius of George R. Carruthers

        by David H. DeVorkin

        ISBN: 9780262551397

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 20, 2025

        The reserved genius and celebrated Black scientist, who built the first astronomical observatory on the moon and worked to inspire underserved students to pursue science and engineering.
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