Intersections: Identity & Place is a collection of 150 concise course readings (150-page ebooks) across a variety of subjects and themes. According to Information Today,
Each title we publish explores the intersection of identity and place, humanizing an issue through lived experience(s). The 150 titles in the collection include the presale of 45 new titles publishing in 2026.
LPP is library-friendly and easy to work with:
- Easy acquisition – no license agreement is necessary with SERU
- Permanent ownership – unlimited lifetime access with CLOCKSS protection
- No restrictions – no DRM, unlimited user access, whole-ebook ILL and TDM permitted
- Simple pricing – collection is a one-time acquisition with no ongoing platform fees
- Support Open Access – 5% of your purchase underwrites new Open Access titles
- Easy setup – Fulcrum platform, EZ Proxy, IP range, OpenAthens, Shibboleth
- Easy ingest – up-to-date MARC & KBART records from major discovery services
- Usage metrics: COUNTER 5 usage reporting from Scholarly IQ
LPP is faculty-friendly and easy to use in class:
- Easy to assign – course readings with pedagogy built-in
- Brief books – not disruptive to curricula; 1-2 weeks of class time
- Permanent ownership – no anxiety about long-term book availability
- Unlimited use – every student has unrestricted print, read, and download access
- No additional cost – library acquisition supports no-cost student delivery
Our Collections
We currently have 24 Collections a variety of subject areas, each led by an academic:
Our Titles
Here’s a sampling of the 150 titles in the Collection so you can get a sense of what we publish:
- The Reparations Project: Repair Work by Linked Descendants of Enslavement by Sarah Eisner & Randy Quarterman (Black Studies)
- Trans(formations) and Tenderness: Rhetorics and Resources to Support Transgender Youth by Prathim-Maya Dora-Laskey (Queer and LGBT+ Studies)
- Advocating for Queer and BIPOC Survivors of Rape at Public Universities: The #ChangeRapeCulture Movement by Taylor Waits, Kimiya Factory, & Coreen Hale (OPEN ACCESS in Queer and LGBT+ Studies)
- No Place for Autism? Exploring the Solitary Forager Hypothesis of Autism by Jaime Hoerricks (Disability Studies)
- The Resilient Teacher: Creating Positive Change through Inclusive Classrooms by Sarah Schlessinger (Education Studies)
- A Congolese Refugee’s Quest for a Purpose and Better Life: More to Life than a Refugee Camp by Gentille Dusenge with Janine de Nysschen (Forced Migration Studies)
- The Darkest Parts of My Blackness: A Journey of Remorse, Reform, Reconciliation, and (R)evolution by Maurice Tyree & Katie Singer (Carceral Studies)
- Soil and Solidarity: Art, Ecology, Community and Sustainability in Northeast India by Amrita Pritam Gogoi & Deepankar Gohain (Cultural Anthropology)
- Latinidad, Identity Formation, and the Mass Media Landscape: Constructing Pocho Villa by Gabriel A. Cruz (Latinx Studies)
- Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Traditions: Reclaiming Bodily Agency After Five Hundred Years of European Colonization by Stephanie Sellers (Gender Studies)
- The Syrian Refugees Whose Entrepreneurial Spirit Created an Award-Winning British Cheese Factory by Razan Al Sous & Raghid Sandouk (The Emergent Entrepreneur Collection)
- Stories of Solidarity and Struggle: A Life in the Worldwide Movement for Human Rights by David Hinkley (Activism and Social Movement Studies)
- Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Practitioners by David Betts (Queer and LGBT+ Studies)
- (Re)constructing Memory, Place, and Identity: Sangre Mexicano, Corazon Chicano by Louis Mendoza (Latinx Studies)
- Improving the Experience of Health Care for People Living with Sensory Disability by Dr. Annmaree Watharow MD, PhD (Disability Studies)
Intersections: Identity & Place
If you have any other questions, please contact us directly: contact@livedplacespublishing.com