punctum books is a queer, scholar-led Open Access press devoted to creative modes of inquiry across a whimsical para-humanities assemblage. Affiliated with UC-Santa Barbara Library & funded by university libraries across the globe. https://punctumbooks.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mlejqcavt22qNEW #OpenAccess book drop! GAZING AT THE PUERTO RICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE aims to delineate the development of the post-WWII anthropological field in Puerto Rico by Puerto Rican anthropologists. FREE #OpenAccess download here: tinyurl.com/why8u62u #anthropology #PuertoRico08 May 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlejqcavt22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3ml22dzl6ds23Last month, we hosted a webinar with LYRASIS (@wearelyrasis.bsky.social) about punctum books’s Special Collections initiative—now available to watch here: tinyurl.com/mr3unjcv https://tinyurl.com/mr3unjcv04 May 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22dzl6ds23https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mkikbc7rnk2zMinor Compositions podcast on punctum's recent translation into English of Franco Basiglia's "The Negated Institution," an important document in the anti-psychiatry movement in the 1960s and 1970s. youtu.be/pW25PMkcaBM FREE #OpenAccess download of book here: tinyurl.com/yc8n6pp7 https://youtu.be/pW25PMkcaBM27 Apr 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkikbc7rnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mkivtj2lr22cpunctum author A.W. Strouse on Andy Warhol's queer Catholicism and MAGA's ultimately incoherent attempts to co-opt Warhol for religious conservatism: https://therevealer.org/andy-warhols-queer-catholicism/ #QueerCatholicism #Warhol #religion27 Apr 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkivtj2lr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mkil44p6mc2vNEW #OpenAccess book drop! GAZING AT THE PUERTO RICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE aims to delineate the development of the post-WWII anthropological field in Puerto Rico by Puerto Rican anthropologists. FREE #OpenAccess download here: tinyurl.com/why8u62u #anthropology #PuertoRico27 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkil44p6mc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mkikbc7rnk2zMinor Compositions podcast on punctum's recent translation into English of Franco Basiglia's "The Negated Institution," an important document in the anti-psychiatry movement in the 1960s and 1970s. youtu.be/pW25PMkcaBM FREE #OpenAccess download of book here: tinyurl.com/yc8n6pp7 https://youtu.be/pW25PMkcaBM27 Apr 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkikbc7rnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjz6pqk6x22fWe’ve Got The Receipts! A Year of Stocking & Regrouping: punctum’s Annual Activity & Financial Report for 2025: tinyurl.com/5n63tt87 New Website Coming Soon, Accessibility, Thoth Open Metadata, Money In, Money Out, Books Books Books, Conferences, Author Events, Library Supporters & More! https://tinyurl.com/5n63tt8721 Apr 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6pqk6x22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjxffhzgpk2kNEW #OpenAccess book drop! SONIC DETECTION propels the reader up & down the UK coast & offers overheard fragments from a faded seaside resort, a container shipping port, a former coal-mining town, and the Scottish headquarters for North Sea oil. DOWNLOAD here: tinyurl.com/4udy5ajy #eavesdropping20 Apr 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxffhzgpk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjpfrfu5ok24NEW #OpenAccess book drop! SONIC DETECTION propels the reader up & down the UK coast & offers overheard fragments from a faded seaside resort, a container shipping port, a former coal-mining town, and the Scottish headquarters for North Sea oil. DOWNLOAD here: tinyurl.com/4udy5ajy #eavesdropping17 Apr 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpfrfu5ok24https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjncsajhkc2gNEW #OpenAccess Book Drop! With case studies running from the careers of El Greco & Dostoyevsky to Fransciscanism, Keeney argues for a "No Rights" model for artistic-scholarly production & also asks, "how to exit biopolitical hell"? FREE to download here: tinyurl.com/bd5bt25y #copyright #art16 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjncsajhkc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjna4v3hec2gHappy BIRTHDAY to PUNCTUM! WE'RE 15! punctum books, a SCHOLAR-led & QUEER-led press, was founded on April 1, 2011 and we’ve been fighting for the weird & #OpenAccess in scholarly publishing ever since. 500+ books and counting! Help us celebrate by becoming a subscriber! punctumbooks.com/support/16 Apr 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjna4v3hec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjfffhxew22mNEW #OpenAccess Book Drop! RED LIVES: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party Vol. 1: Coming of Age in the Communist and Labor Movements Download: tinyurl.com/4uam3762 Foreword by Robin D.J. Kelley Nearly 50 first-person testimonies bring to life a missing chapter in the history of US radicalism.13 Apr 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfffhxew22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mj65vi7a5c23What do a pudgy, orange autocrat, and pumped-up men in tights have in common? Neal Hebert and Jon Cogburn have the lowdown for you in their punctum book KAYFABE NATION: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump & the New Cynicism. FREE #OpenAccess DOWNLOAD: tinyurl.com/bderee6f #wrestling #autocracy10 Apr 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj65vi7a5c23https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mih6c7qeys25Happy BIRTHDAY to PUNCTUM! WE'RE 15! punctum books, a SCHOLAR-led & QUEER-led press, was founded on April 1, 2011 and we’ve been fighting for the weird & #OpenAccess in scholarly publishing ever since. 500+ books and counting! Help us celebrate by becoming a subscriber! punctumbooks.com/support/01 Apr 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih6c7qeys25https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mj3howjyp225NEW #OpenAccess Book Drop! With case studies running from the careers of El Greco & Dostoyevsky to Fransciscanism, Keeney argues for a "No Rights" model for artistic-scholarly production & also asks, "how to exit biopolitical hell"? FREE to download here: tinyurl.com/bd5bt25y #copyright #art09 Apr 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3howjyp225https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3miytxdlslc2lWhat do a pudgy, orange autocrat, and pumped-up men in tights have in common? Neal Hebert and Jon Cogburn have the lowdown for you in their punctum book KAYFABE NATION: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump & the New Cynicism. FREE #OpenAccess DOWNLOAD: tinyurl.com/bderee6f #wrestling #autocracy08 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miytxdlslc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3miwklectac23What do a pudgy, orange autocrat, and pumped-up men in tights have in common? Neal Hebert and Jon Cogburn have the lowdown for you in their punctum book KAYFABE NATION: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump & the New Cynicism. FREE #OpenAccess DOWNLOAD: tinyurl.com/bderee6f #wrestling #autocracy07 Apr 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwklectac23https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3miwcib7lds2vJoin us TODAY, April 7, 1:00pm CST, to find out more about our Special Collections initiative, in partnership w/ Lyrasis, to republish in #OpenAccess & print editions the back catalogs of historically significant small avant-garde presses! REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/yc6c6z4207 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwcib7lds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3miubjnckbs2jJoin us this Tuesday, April 7, to find out more about our Special Collections initiative, in partnership w/ Lyrasis, to republish in #OpenAccess & print editions the back catalogs of historically significant small avant-garde presses! REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/yc6c6z4206 Apr 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miubjnckbs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mim5zfegrc27Join us next Wednesday, April 7, to find out more about our Special Collections initiative, in partnership w/ Lyrasis, to republish in #OpenAccess & print editions the back catalogs of historically significant small avant-garde presses! REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/yc6c6z42 #Libraries #Preservation03 Apr 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim5zfegrc27https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mim5zfegrc27Join us next Wednesday, April 7, to find out more about our Special Collections initiative, in partnership w/ Lyrasis, to republish in #OpenAccess & print editions the back catalogs of historically significant small avant-garde presses! REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/yc6c6z42 #Libraries #Preservation03 Apr 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim5zfegrc27https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mijrs2bups22Happy BIRTHDAY to PUNCTUM! WE'RE 15! punctum books, a SCHOLAR-led & QUEER-led press, was founded on April 1, 2011 and we’ve been fighting for the weird & #OpenAccess in scholarly publishing ever since. 550+ books and counting! Help us celebrate by becoming a subscriber! punctumbooks.com/support/02 Apr 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijrs2bups22https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mijm2ba6i22q"Is It Ever Too Late to Make Great Art?" A video review of Douglas Penick's punctum book, WINTER LIGHT: On Late Life's Radiance: https://youtu.be/QzxE4dy00Rs?si=vkU_I2kaAA91QEZQ FREE #OpenAccess DOWNLOAD of book here: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/winter-light/02 Apr 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijm2ba6i22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mih6c7qeys25Happy BIRTHDAY to PUNCTUM! WE'RE 15! punctum books, a SCHOLAR-led & QUEER-led press, was founded on April 1, 2011 and we’ve been fighting for the weird & #OpenAccess in scholarly publishing ever since. 500+ books and counting! Help us celebrate by becoming a subscriber! punctumbooks.com/support/01 Apr 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih6c7qeys25https://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3miewaubrd22dNEW #OpenAccess Book Drop! With case studies running from the careers of El Greco & Dostoyevsky to Fransciscanism, Keeney argues for a "No Rights" model for artistic-scholarly production & also asks, "how to exit biopolitical hell"? FREE to download here: tinyurl.com/bd5bt25y #copyright #CopyNo31 Mar 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miewaubrd22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3micd2j7yyk2uNEW #OpenAccess Book Drop! RED LIVES: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party Vol. 1: Coming of Age in the Communist and Labor Movements Download: tinyurl.com/4uam3762 Foreword by Robin D.J. Kelley Nearly 50 first-person testimonies bring to life a missing chapter in the history of US radicalism.30 Mar 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3micd2j7yyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/punctumbooks.bsky.social/post/3mi2pu77ylk2bNEW #OpenAccess Book Drop! With case studies running from the careers of El Greco & Dostoyevsky to Fransciscanism, Keeney argues for a "No Rights" model for artistic-scholarly production & also asks, "how to exit biopolitical hell"? FREE to download here: tinyurl.com/bd5bt25y #copyright #CopyNo27 Mar 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:gelsg7nvqijrxpmhadastpzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2pu77ylk2b