SERIES: PRACTICES
Books in the Practices series are for real-life hobbyists, devotees, and enthusiasts. They are by and about amateurs in the original sense—those who engage in pursuits out of sheer love and fascination. Practices books show how an ordinary activity like fishing, running, or juggling helps us come to understand ourselves and the world around us. Sleek and incisive, they reveal the pleasures of losing oneself in doing anything that holds sway over us, no matter how common or minor it might seem. They map new places inside us. Practices books will intrigue and challenge an activity’s most ardent practitioners as well as those who never considered their appeal.
Raving
McKenzie Wark
"An affectionate ode to raving and hedonism in our times, arguing for the unifying powers of Techno for queer communities." — Ellie Potts, LSE Review of Books
"A well-tooled topic on which only a writer as sharp as Wark could induce me to pick up another book. . . . Wark is a master of brevity and precision, and Raving is no exception; her easy prose avoids the selfindulgent nostalgia that often afflicts writing on this subject matter." — Sean Burns, Frieze
"Wark paints a vivid series of vignettes attempting to build a shared language around raving as a technological and social practice— and trying to make sense of the role it plays in the late-capitalist hellscape we now find ourselves in." — Janus Rose, Vice DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
March 2023 26 illus. 136pp
9781478019381 £13.99 PB
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Lin, Foreword
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
March 2023 112pp
9781478019367 £13.99 PB
Fly-Fishing
Christopher Schaberg
"In a mosaic of brief, sometimes koan-like essays, he laments the degree to which fishing as a whole has become entangled with the social and ecological issues of our time, and advocates, via catch-and-release, targeting 'the smallest fish you can find, close to where you live.' The author fishes not to forget the entanglements, but rather to assert a more tonic relationship to their context."— Richard Adams Carey, Wall Street Journal
"For those who consider fishing to be more than just a sport or simple pastime, Fly-Fishing should be as attractive as a colorful lure. Christopher Schaberg’s compact, wry meditation celebrates the wide range of experiences the activity offers."—
Juggling
Stewart Lawrence Sinclair
"Will jugglers find it interesting? They already know the basics. Why go over it again? Because an eloquently written paragraph, featuring your favorite subject is exactly what you do want to read. To hear about your own experience from someone else’s point of view is compelling and entertaining. Especially in the context of the pandemic, a moment unique in world history. . . . A fascinating read for anyone."— Raphael Harris, eJuggle
"This book is packed with tips, tricks, and techniques to take your juggling skills to the next level. It's a big deal that Duke University Press is publishing a book about juggling. . . ."— Martin Kalwill, Flow Juggle "Juggling is a powerful book about the practice of juggling—and about the benefits of perseverance." — Arianna Rebolini, Foreword Reviews DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
March 2023 152pp
9781478019602 £13.99 PB
DUKE
March 2023 160pp
9781478019657 £13.99 PB
Running
Lindsey A. Freeman
"You can fill a small library with books on running, but you won’t find many that touch on queerness and feminism in the sport. . . . [Freeman's] storytelling, along with her friend Hazel Meyer’s illustrations, chronicles Freeman’s lifelong relationship with running and illuminates the 'unexpected moments of connection and joy that we runners feel when we cover some distance together.'" — Becky Wade, Runners World
“Freeman serves fresh thinking as she applies the speculative energy of queer theory to her own lifelong running journey.” — Knox Robinson, Wall Street Journal
