ACLS Celebrates Recent Book Releases by Fellows and Grantees

ACLS is pleased to share a select list of books published in the first half of 2022 by ACLS fellows and grantees, many of which developed from ACLS-supported research. These publications represent just a sample of the distinguished works authored by past and current fellows. They reflect a wide array of topics, from Cold War–era suburbanization in the US Pacific to the history and political impact of the LGBTQ+ community in Nicaragua.

• Worrier State: Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa by Nicky Falkof F’14 (Manchester University Press)
• A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line by John Gruesser G’19 (Oxford University Press)
• Suburban Empire: Cold War Militarization in the US Pacific by Lauren Hirshberg F’12, F’10 (University of California Press)
• LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua: Revolution, Dictatorship, and Social Movements by Karen Kampwirth  F’17 (The University of Arizona Press)
• America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice by Treva B. Lindsey F’20 (University of California Press)
• Velorio by Xavier Navarro Aquino F’20 (HarperCollins)
• Wounds of Our Past: Remembering Captivity, Enslavement and Resistance in African Oral Narratives by Emmanuel Saboro F’17 (Brill Publishing)
• Performing the Kinaidos; Unmanly Men in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures by Tom Sapsford F’16 (Oxford University Press)
• Grafted Arts: Art Making and Taking in the Struggle for Western India, 1760-1910 by Holly Shaffer F’20 (Yale University Press)
• Engineering Vulnerability: In Pursuit of Climate Adaptation by Sarah Elizabeth Vaughn F’15, F’12 (Duke University Press)
• Laughing Histories: From the Renaissance Man to the Woman of Wit by Joy Wiltenburg F’94, F’86 (Routledge)