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An editorial supplement and newsletter from Prickly Paradigm Press where our authors, editors, and contributors reflect on our pamphlets.

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The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning

Mar 24, 2026

The Editors

The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning

Dive deeper into James Chandler's new pamphlet from Prickly Paradigm Press

How Do We Think About Population in the Anthropocene?

Mar 30, 2026

The Editors

How Do We Think About Population in the Anthropocene?

Dive deeper into one of the most challenging questions facing Anthropocene Studies.

Last Words: Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse

Mar 27, 2026

The Editors

Last Words: Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse

Dive deeper into Paul Kockelman's latest PPP pamphlet.

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Relaunching Prickly Paradigm Press

Mar 12, 2026

The Editors

Relaunching Prickly Paradigm Press


Allow us to reintroduce ourselves.`

Bradbury, False Slop, and the Dead Internet

Aug 17, 2026

Smrithi Senthilnathan

Bradbury, False Slop, and the Dead Internet


Revisiting Data, Now Bigger and Better in the age of AI.

Prickly Dispatch #3: July 2026

Jul 31, 2026

The Editors

Prickly Dispatch #3: July 2026


The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning, Neo-Liberal Genetics, and Prickly Pear co-founders Anna Grimshaw and Keith Hart

Publishing face to face

Jul 31, 2026

Ava Volman

Publishing face to face


Prickly Pear co-founder Anna Grimshaw on the early days of PPP

Neo-Liberal Genetics, Twenty Years On

Jul 19, 2026

Peter Sahlins

Neo-Liberal Genetics, Twenty Years On


How Susan McKinnon’s Prickly pamphlet makes sense of today’s manosphere and more

Kayfabe and misinformation ran amok in DC on July 4th

Jul 14, 2026

Smrithi Senthilnathan

Kayfabe and misinformation ran amok in DC on July 4th


PPP’s Smrithi Senthilnathan reports from the semiquincentennial in the capital.

Trump, Bannon, and Gangs of New York

Jul 10, 2026

The Editors

Trump, Bannon, and Gangs of New York


James Chandler writes about Know-Nothingism for History Ireland Magazine

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